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phonographic engi-an'n// and the various Revisions of the 
and the combination uf the same with the Key. 






KEY 

TO THE FIRST 

STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC READER. 



§ 1. This Key is designed for use when Standard Phonography is studied in ac- 
cordance with the second method of study described in the next paragraph. Its 
Notes and Questions will be highly useful to those who have studied iu accordance 
with the first method. 

§2. TWO METHODS OF STUDY. 

The Standard-Phonographic Series secures two methods of instruction and study. 
FIRST. The books may be studied in the ordinary method, the Principles and 
the Details being learned from the Hand-Book and then Applied and Familiar- 
ized in reading and writing the exercises (1) in the Hand-Book, according to the 
exercise, and (2) in the First Reader, and (3) in the Second Reader. SECOXDL Y. 
There may be learned only those Principles which are indispensable for com- 
mencing to read (as by the study of the Synopsis up to p. 22), and then these prin- 
ciples may be Familiarized, and the Details thoroughly acquired, by reading (1) 
the interlinear exercises of the Synopsis, (2) the First Reader, by aid of its Key, 
and (3) the Second Reader with its Key. The Hand-Book, as an Encyclopaedia 
of Principles and Details, being referred to as indicated by references in the 
Readers. The second method will be found easiest for private students, especially 
for young persons, and should be adopted for classes taking short courses of 
lezsons. 

§3. METHOD OF READING AND PRACTICE. 

1. Read, by aid of the Key, a page of the engraving, or so much as may have 
been assigned as an exercise ; answer the questions at the bottom of the Key- j 
read the notes carefully; and make the references to the Hand-Book, indicated in 
the Key-pages and in the Notes and References (pp. 75-82, referred to by the small 
figures in the engraving). 

2. As soon as a page or exercise can be read easily icit?iout reference to tl 

the engraving should be placed in view as a " copy," and copied several times, 
with a pen, until all the characters can be easily and gracefully formed, and espe- 
cially until the form and position of each word-sign, contraction, and phrase-sign 
are carefully impressed upon the memory. 

3. That the preceding requirement has been well complied with, will be demon- 
strated if the pupil can then phonograph the words of the Key, and a comparison 
of the writing with the engraving should reveal no errors. 

This method of reading and practice, though laborious, should be strictly con- 
formed to, the pupil being assured that no other method will so rapidly advance 
him or her to the thorough knowledge and easy use of one of the most beautiful 
and useful arts. 

NOMENCLATURE. 

§ 4. The system of naming the letters should be familiarized, not only for its 
present use, but so thai the Phonographic Dictionary may be easily an I certainly 

used 10 ascertain the best outlines in all your phonographic writing. Without a 
name-system a Phonographic Dictionary with the requisite complete] N 
have been practically impossible. Without the Phonographic DiotiofMurj 



IV KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

bad forms for words would be employed, many phonographers would secure but a 
portion of the advantages and benefits of Phonography, and many, perhaps, would 
abandon it at the very threshold of success. 
S & For the Names— 



1. Of the Primary Consonant-Signs — see 

the Compendium, Tart II. of the 
Hand-Book, § 14, and P. 1,2, and 8, 

2. Of the Large Circle ami the Loops— 

-. K. 2; 29, E. '-': 80, E. 2. 

3. Of the Vowil-Sic:ns-§49. 

4. Of the Diphthong-Signs § 100. 

5. Of the El- and .Vr-IIook Signs-§165. 

6. Of the Ar-Hooks preceded by a Circle 

orLoop-§ 171, B. 1. 

7. Of the Hook for In, En. or Un— § 174, 

K. 1. 



8. Of the Ler- and Eel-hook Signs— $ 175. 

9. Of the- Ef- and En-Hook Signs— $ 188: 

184; 186, B. 2. 

10. Of the Shun- and Tiv-Hook Signs— 

§ 192; 193. 

11. Of the Small Hook for Shon— § 197. 

12. of Widened Em— § 204, E. 1. 

13. Of Eengthc ed Eetters— § 207, E. 1 ; 

264, E. 2. 

14. Of the Shortened Letters— § 214. 

15. Of Enlarged Way and Yay— § 262, 

E. 1 ; 263, E. 1. 



§ 6. To which let there be added— 

1. That dashes, angles, and ticks may be indicated by quoting the words for 
which they stand, as ' all,' ; of.' ■ I.' or names may be formed for them by adding to 
the names of the half-lengths which these small signs resemble the syllable oid, 
BignifVing like or resembling; thus, Petoid 1 , i. e.. Pet like, which is the sign for of. 

2. That Prefix and Affix signs are indicated by quoting them, thus, 'con,' 
' accom,' ' ing.' k bility,' or syllable-names may be employed for some. 

3. That the position of a sign is denoted by a small f* superior'') figure, as 1 for 
the Eirst Pes tion (89i 1 >, - for the Second Position (39, 2), 3 for the Third Position 
(39, 3), 4 for the reporting Fourth Position. 200. 

4. That a Hyphen {-) denotes Joining of letters; a Colon (:), Disjoining or 
Near; a Dagger (t), Crossing; as in En-Vee' J , Never; Kay':Bee, Capability ; 
En^Tee, Notwithstanding. 

EEFEEENCES. 

§ 7. Throughout this work it should be observed — 

1. That the references, unless otherwise specified, are to the Compendium, Part 
IE of the Hand-Book. C. or Comp. = Compendium. Orth.=Orthographer, Part 
V. of the Hand-Book. Syn.=Synopsis. 

2. That the references are to the sections and their subdivisions, unless preceded 
by p.=page. Two or more references are separated by a semicolon ; thus, 4S; 150. 

§S. KEY TO TnE PEONCXCIATION. 

ale, at or at, ask, art. ah ; ser=air ; eve, ell or ell, her; Ire, it or it ; old, none, on, 
for, ol = all ; pure, rp or up, tin=too, ful=full, kud=could, tuk=took; thm; dhen 
—thQTi ; 6/<all ; vizlron = vi.*/on. Accent (•) ; prezent : prezenf. Syllable-Mark 
(.). OuTUooKAPinc, or Common-Spelling, Maek (,) ; /Edinburgh=Ed-inburo, 
/ phthisic = tiz-ik, ^hough^dbo. 

§ 9. Observe that in the use of a twelve-vowel scale (44 ; 47) some of the vowel- 
signs represent two sounds, as specified— 

1. The second-place heavy dot represents either a as in ail— al, or ai as in air= 
aer, i. e . either a or ae, the latter being the prolonged sound of a as in at. 2. The 
d-place light dot represents either e or e, i. e., e as in met or e as in fern. 3. 
The third-place heavy dot represents either a or a, i. e., either a as in ah. father, or 
the same sound simply shortened, as in art, arm, part, after. 4. That the third- 
place light dot represents either a or a, i. c, either a as in at (t. <?.. ae shortened) or 
a as in ask. which requires the tongue to be in position midway between a and ii, 
straight 'a' requires it to be curved up, thus, — , and a requires the root of 
the tongue to be depressed. 5. The first -place heavy dash stands for both d and 6, 
i. e.. for" a as in all = o\. and the same sound simply shortened as in long, ldst, horse, 
or. ddg. 6. The second-place heavy dash stands for either 6 or o, i. e., either o as 
in old\ kn(~icn=non, or o as in whole = ho\ or none=TLQTL 

In a few instances the pronunciation in the Key differs from that of the engrav- 
ing, to accord with the better-considered pronunciation of the Standaid-Phono- 
graphic Dictionary. 



KEY 



FIRST STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC READER. 



WHAT I LIVE FOR. 



I liv f6r dhoz hui luv me, 

For dhoz I no ar trii, 
For dhe heven dhat smilz abuv me, 

And awats ml spirit, ten ; 
Fur dhe human tiz dhat bind me, 
For dhe task bl God asind me, 
For dhe brlt hops left behind me, 

And dhe gud dhat I kan dm. 

I liv to lern dhar st5ri 

Hui'v scferd for mi sak, 
Tu emyulSt dhar glori, 

And folo in dhar wak, 



Bardz, marterz, patriots, sajez, 
Dhe nobel ov ol ajez, 
llcnz dedz kroun hisfri'z pajez, 
And Tim'z grat volyum mak. 

I liv tu hal dhe sezon, 

BI gifted mindz fortold, 
When men shal rul bl rezou, 

And not alon bl gold — 

"When man tu man yunited, 

And everi rong thing rited, 

Dhe hoi wurld shal be Hied 

Az Eden woz ov old. 



Questions. — What is a word-sign ? See § 33. "What is a sign-word ? 33. What 
is the rule of position for word-signs ? 39. "What is the sign for All ? [63 ; 69]— 
alone? and when alone ? and Joined ? [71] are? [37]— as? be ? [55, b] — by ? 
can? do? [55, b]— every ? for? God? great? hope? hopes? [38, 2]— I? in? 
in their? [211]— know? man? men ? [55, a] -me ? my? not? of? [63; 69]— 
shall, spirit, that? the when alone? [69]— the joined ? [70]— their ? thing? those? 
to (tu)? two(tiu)? was? when? who? who've? [69 ; 201, K. 4]— whose ? [69, 
It 8]— whole? [55, a]— world? 

With what should w following an initial vowel be written ? 117, 4. What is the 
rule of position for words of horizontal letters only? 52. For words having, per- 
pendicular or sloping letters? 53. For words whose first or only inclined conso- 
nant is half-length? 219. How may a dash-vowel be written to read between the 
consonants of an El-hook or Ar-hook sign ? 169, 3. See Gold, volume, foretold, 
on p. 5. 



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I liv tu hold komurryon 

Widh ol dhat iz divin*, 
Tu fel dher iz a yuiiryon 

'Twixt natyur'z hart and min ; 
Tu profit bl aflik'shon, 
Bfip trudhz from feldz ov fikshoi , 
Gro wizer from konvikshon, 

And fulfil ech grand dezln. 



I liv for dhfiz hui luv mc, 

F6r dhoz hui no mo tru, 
F6r dhe heven dhat smilz abur mt, 

And aw&ta mi spirit, tui ; 
Fdr dhe rdng dhat nedz rezist'ans, 
F6r dhe koz dhat laks a^i.-t - aris, 
For dhe futyur in dhe distant, 

And dhe gud dhat I kan dm. 

G. L, Banks. 



SYSTEMATIC READING. 

Red sistematikali. Nuthing truli yrasful and per-manent kan be 
akwird* widhout a plan ; no wun ever bekam wel-informd bl aksident. 
Begin widh element 'ari fakts and prinsipelz, and az yu advans*, yu 
wil prezxntli se at lest dhe rela/shonz and konek*shonz ov dhe differ- 
ent departments ov nolej. Din not run from wun subjekt tu anudher : 
wun thing at a tlm iz ordinarili enuf" for most mlndz. Let yur 
reding-tlm be sakredli apropriated, remembering hou much yinsful 
nolej iz tu be akwird, and hou short dhe tlm tu akwlr it. 

Red sloli It iz not dhe reding ov meni buks dhat sekurz' nolej. 
Sum fer tu admit dhat dha hav not red dhe nil publikashonz ov dhe 
da ; but it iz a pitiful ambishon, dhat ov dhe omnivorus reder, lnu 
wishez tu be understud- az having red everithing, and hui tu enabel 
him tu prat widh aperans 



Questions.— What is the word-sign for Another? at? but? different? do not ? 
each? every? from? have? having? [232,4]— him? [55, a]— how ? is? it? let? 
much? nature? nature's? [40, R. 2] — no? one? principle? principles? [40,2]— 
read? reading? remembering ¥ subject? there? they? to be ? truth? truths? 
use? useful? [40, 2]— with? without? wish? wishes? you your? What is 
the contraction [104, E. 2] for Understood? new? knowledge? How are the 
•words o/ the implied ? 248. How is the prefix well- expressed ? 229, What word 
Of a phrase usually determines its position? 245. Bee Can <V, U it ' 
tiling, on p. 6. 

Phonographic Description. — The naming of the phonographic outlines. In i 
anoe with the system of Phonographic Nomenclature, hi called /''• 
Hc/iption. Some specimens of it will occur In subsequent pases « hi a q 



7* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

ov informashon, skimz thrui dhis wurk and dhat, or hunts thrai dbe 
reviiz- and gets a sekond-hand smatering, tu sekur dhe praz ov being 
wel-red 

Dhoz hui truli dezir tu impruiv, wil desplz such afektashon, and be 
kontent ta red deliberatli. I din not men slugishli, but thotfuli. 
Dher iz a wurld ov wizdom in dhe old ad-aj, "Mak hast sloli," and 
dhoz hui red, az ol shud, for dhe purpos ov akwlring yrasful nolej, 
wil obzerv dhat adaj bl reding widh a fixt efort ov atenshon and that. 
It woz remarkt bl Haler .(Haller), dhat ''We ar def whil yoning, for 
dhe Bam akt ov drouzines which openz our moudhz, klozez our erz." 
It iz much dhe sam in akts ov dhe understanding. A lazi, haf-aten- 
shon amounts tu a mental yon. 

In [taring at mental imprravment, our objekt ma be konsiderd in a 
tra-fold aspekt : tu fil dhe mind widh fakts involving prinsipelz, and 
tu enlaij dhe mind itself ; tu sharpen dhe fakultiz, and tu strengthen 
dhem. Dhe reder wonts not onli materialz for hiz bizines, but he 
must impruiv dhe tralz ov hiz trad, hiz mental fakultiz. Diskursiv 
reding wil never din edher. Bl it dhe mind iz mad a mer pasiv 
resipient, not an aktiv ajent ; and dhe dremi, haf-kot Ideaz ov dhe 
othor pas awa Ilk skadoz, leving no definit or permanent impreshonz\ 

Red ividh a rezolushon tu mak whot yu red yur on. Several waz ov 
diuing dhis ma be sujest-ed. Dhe most important iz a habit ov fixt 
atenshon and thot, Anudher iz tu rlt az yu red ; tu mak an ab'strakt 
ov yur othor : its rezults ar shur and inval-yuabel. Amung dhez 
rezults wil be wun which everi person shud dezir* — dhe abiliti tu expres 
himself widh puriti and presizhon. Wun othor dhus studid wil 
benefit dhe mind mdr dhan fifti past over rapidli. 

Questions.-^ What is the sign for At ? away ? being ? (derivative word-sign — 
40,2)— by? either? every? for? for his? (p. 142, R. 7, a— 245)— he ? himself? [232, 
13]— his? [37, R. 1]— important ? improve? improvement? invaluable? [deriva- 
tive word-sign— ITS] — may? made? materials? [cZzc,s = derivative word-sign— 210] — 
mere ? more ? never ? of his ? [245]— or ? own ? [55, a]— our ? object ? [142, R. 1]— 
over? remark? remarked? [17S]— several? should? [72]— this? thought? than? 
through? then? thus? want? way? we are? well? what? while? which? 
will ? What is the affix-sign for -ing ? [232, 4.] 

Phonographic Description. — " Dhoz hui truli dezir," etc.— Dhees 3 Jedoicr 2 [i. «., 
like Jed, or shortened Jay, the syllable oid signifying like, as in spheroid — sphere- 
like] Ter-Lay Dees-Ar Petoid 2 Emp 2 , Lay 2 Dees 2 -Pees Iss-Chay [or Schay] Ef- 
Kay-Teeshon, Ketoid-Bee 2 ' con':Tent 2 Petoid 2 Ard 1 Del-Bret Lay. Retoid- 
Dent 2 Men 1 Slay-Gay-Shel, Tetoid 2 Thet ! -Fel. Dhers 2 -Ketoid Eld 2 Petoid 1 Zed 1 - 
Em Ent-Chetold Eld 2 Dee-Jay, u Em 2 -Kay Ilayst Slay-Lay," Ketoid-Dhees 3 Tedoid* 
Ardi, Iss 2 Bedoid 1 Chetoid 2 — . 



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Bl konversing widh udherz relativ tu whot you hav red, espeshali if 
dha ar famiJyar widh dhe subjckt, dhe mind wil be stim-yu luted, and 
obtan a beter komand ov its nolej, and dhe fakts and prinsipelz wil be* 
mor depli imprest upon it. "Reding maks dhe fid man, riting dhe 
korekt man, and speking the redi man." Dr. Pots. 



NOTE-MAKING. 

Dhe praktis ov riting doun thots and fakts for dhe purpos ov holding 
dhem fast, and preventing dhar eskap intu dhe dim rejon ov forget- 
fulnes, haz bin much rezorted tu bl thotful and studius men. Adisoo 
amast az much az thre foTyoz ov man*yuskript materialz befor he 
began hiz " Spektator." Lord Bakon left behind him meni manyu- 
skripts, entlteld " Suden Thots set doun for Yuis." Erskin mad grat 
extrakts from Burk ; and Eldon kopid Kok upon Lit*elton twls over 
widh hiz on hand, so dhat dhe buk bekam, az it wer, part ov hiz on 
mind. Dhe lat Dr. Pi Smith, when aprentist tu hiz fadher az a buk- 
l)Inder, woz akustomd tu mak kdpius memoranda ov ol dhe buks he 
red, widh extrakts and kritisizms. Dhez not-buks afterwards pimyd 
Ilk Renter's "Kworiz," dhe grat storhous from which he dru hiz 
ilustra-shonz. 

Dhe sam praktis karakterlzd dhe eminent Jon Hunter, hiu adopted 
it for dhe purpos ov suplling dhe defekts ov memori ; and he 
akustomd dhus tu ilustrat dhe advantajez tu be derlvd from puting 
wun'z thots in riting. ."It rezembelz," he sed, "atr&dzman taking 
an akount ov stok, widhout which he never noz edher whot be p< 
or in whot he iz defishent." Samyud Smllz. 



Questions. — "What is the sign for Account? advantage? advantages? after- 
ward? and he was? as a? aa.ltf as much as? [246] before? down? espe< 
full? has been? [24ft]— he is? If? Ifthey are [211]— know? knows? Lord? manu- 
script? put? putting? of his own? [246]— of its? one's? bo? bo that the 5 
upon? upon it? use(yras)? were? will be? without which? youl • 

Observe that the tick for A-n-d is perpendicular or horixonta), and tin' .' 
slanting, lu^v can the A-nd tick be written to imply a preceding ' B 
the 7%e*tlck bo written for that purpose? What is the affix-sign i 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



THE MOSS-COVERED BUCKET. 

1. Hou der tu ml hart ar dhe senz ov ml childhud, 

When fond rekolekshon prezents dhem tu vu ! 
Dhe orchard, dhe medo, dhe dep tanggeld wlldwud, 

And everi luvd spot which ml infansi nu ; 
Dhe wid-spreding pond, and dhe mil dhat stud bi it, 

Dhe brij and dhe rok whaer dhe katarakt fel, 
Dhe kot ov ml fadher, dhe dari-hous ni it, 

And e'n dhe riid buket which hung in dhe wel ! 
Dhe old oken buket, dhe Ira-bound buket, 

Dhe mds-kuverd buket which hung in dhe wel. 

2. Dhat mds-kcverd vesel I hal as a trezhur ; 

Fdr of en, at nuin, when returnd from dhe feld, 
I found it dhe sors ov an ex'kwizit plezhur, 

Dhe purest and swetest dhat natyur kan yeld. 
Hou ardent I sezd it, widh handz dhat wer gloing. 

And kwik tu dhe whit-pebeld botom it fel, 
Dhen sun, widh dhe emblem of truth overfloing, 

And driping widh kiulnes, jt roz from dhe wel : 
Dhe old oken buket, dhe irn-bound buket, 

Dhe mds-kuverd buket aroz from dhe wel. 



Qtiestions.— What is the sign for And-the? as a? at? dear? I? knew? nature? 
of an? of my? often? [201, R. Y\—over- when a prefix? [229]— pleasure ? that? 
that were ? them ? to the ? truth ? when ? How may a diphthong-sign be written 
so as to read between the consonants of an El-hook or Ar-hook sign? 169, 4. In 
what position should Fend for fond be written ? 219, 1. 

Phonographic Description. — " Hou der," etc. — ou 2 Der 2 Pet'oid 2 Em 1 Art 2 Ar 2 - 
Eet-oid Sens 1 Petoidi-Em Cheldi-Dee, Wen 1 Fend 1 Ray-Kel-Kayshon Per-Sents 
Dhee 2 Petoid 2 Vee ! e 1 Ar-Cherd, 6 1 Em-Dee, 6 1 Dee-Pee Tee-Ing-Geld Weld 1 - 
Weh-Dee, Ketoid-Ver 2 Lay-Ved Spet 1 Chay 2 Em 1 En-Fen-Es En 2 -Chetoid ; 6 1 
(wi)Dee Spred 2 :' ing' Pend 1 , Ketoid 2 -Chetoid Em-Lay Dhet 1 Sted 2 Bee 1 Tee 2 . 
e 1 Ber-Jay Ketoid 2 -Chetoid Bay-Kay Wer 2 -Chetoid Ket-Eay-Ket Fel; & 1 Ket 1 
Petoid !-Em Efdher 2 , 6 1 Dee-Ray Hays En 1 Tee 2 , Ketoid-En* 6 1 Ray-Dee Bee-Ket 
Chay 2 Ing 2 En^Chetoid Wel 2 ! e 1 Eld 2 Ken Bee-Ket, e 1 Arn-Bend Bee-Ket, e 3 
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8. ITou swot from dhe grcn mosi brim tu resev it, 

Az, poizd on dhe kurb, it inklind tu ml lips ! 
Not a ml-blushing goblet kud tempt me tu lev it, 

Dho fild widh dhe nektar which Jupiter sips. 
And nou, far remuivd from dhat luvd sityuashon, 

Dhe ter ov regret wil intrusivli swel, 
As fansi reverts tu ml fadher'z plantashon, 

And siz fdr dhe buket which hangz in dhe wel ; 
Dhe old oken btrket, dhe irn-bound buket, 

Dhe mds-kuverd buket, which hangz in dhe wel 



THE SHIFTING HUES OF LIFE. 

Lif haz, for an obzerver, such a kwik sukseshon ov interesting- and 
amuzing adventyur, dhat it iz almost inkonsevabel he shud ever fel 
dul, or weri ov it. No wun da rezembelz anudher. Everi our, everi 
minit, openz nii storz tu our experiens, and nu ek&Itments tu our 
kuriositi. We ar olwftz on dhe ev and on dhe moro ov sum surprizing 
event. Lik dhe moth, we ar forever filing tord a star — but widh dhis 
diferens, dhat we atan it, and if sumtlmz we find dhat a halo which 
we fansid a glori iz but sum deseving mist, at lest we hav lernd a 
leson. 

It we luk upon lif merli az humbel students, we shal not fel eni 
grat biternes at such disapointments. It iz onli when we hug our, 
ig-norans tu our harts, dhat we ar, and dezerv tu be, miz-crabel. But 
if we open dhe Iz ov dhe mind, and determin tu be nedher wontonli 
stupid nor inatentiv, an enchanted wurld beginz tu rlz from kaos. Dhe 
aspekt even ov dhe ruim in which we sit groz livli widh a thousand 
unsuspekted kuriositiz. We dizorn dhat dhe most ordinari persoo i:: 
invested widh sum notisabel karakteristik. If we dan tu Ink but for 
flv minits at eni komon-plas thing, we bekum awser ov its pekulyar 
biiti ; and dher iz not a herd dhat wingz thvui dhe asr, nor a flouei 
dhat blosomz in dhe garden, nor an insekt 

Questions. — What is the sign for Almost? always? ami on the? an] 
aware? become? could? difference? even? forever? has? [8T,R.l]— hoar? it"? 
if we? Interest? Interesting? in which? [946}— is not? merely? [Observe that the 
primitive word mere retains Its position when the formative La] for -ly Is added. 
861, B. 2.]— my father? nor? now? on the? [72, &]— peculiar? sir 
first r omitted. 286, 4.]— surprising ? to be? toward? toward 
We find ? we have ? we shall not ? with a ? 



11* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

dhat krols in dhe depths ov dhe erth, nor a fish dhat swimz in dhe 
woter, but haz its on singgyular and delltful stori. — Houshold Wurdz. 



A WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT. 

A jentelman just returnd from dhe siti, woz surounded bl hiz chil- 
dren, hui wer eger tu her dhe nuz, and stil mdr eger tu se dhe kontents 
ov a smol portmairto, which wer, wun bl wun, kaerfuli unfolded and 
displad tu vu. After distrib-yuting amung dhem a fu. prezents, dhe 
fadher tuk hiz set agen. and dhe foloing konversashon tuk plas. 

Fddher. I hav brot from dhe siti, for mi on yuis, sumthing far mor 
kurius and valyuabel dhan eni ov dhe litel gifts which yu hav resevd. 
It iz tin gud tu prezent' tu eni ov yu, but I wil giv yu a bref deskrip- 
shon ov it, and dhen, perhaps, alou yu tu inspekt it. 

Dhis smol instrument displaz dhe most perfekt injenuiti ov konstruk- 
shon, and dhe most exkwizit nisti and buti ov wurkmanship. From 
its extrem delikasi, it iz so llabel tu injuri, dhat a sort ov lit kurten 
adornd widh a butiful frinj, iz olwaz provided, and so plast az tu fol, 
in a moment, on dhe aproch ov dhe slltest danjer. Its external aperans 
iz olwaz mor or les butiful, oldho in dhis respekt dher iz a grat varleti 
in dhe diferent sorts. 

But dhe internal kontrlvans iz dhe sam in ol ov dhem, and iz, in 
dhe hiest degre, kurius and wunderful. Bl a slit muivment ezili 
efekted bl dhe person tu hmm it belongz, yu kan asertan, widh grat 
akyurasi, dhe slz, kulor, shap, wat, and valyu ov eni artikel whotever. 
A person hui haz wun ov dhez instruments, iz savd dhe trubel ov 
asking a thouzand kwestyonz, and ov making trubelsum experiments, 
and, at dhe sam tlm, 

Questions.— "What is the sign for After? again ? and ? and is? and of? and the? 
and then? any? as to? but? but the? by a? by his? carefully? different? few? 
for? from the? gentleman? great? has? has it? has its? I have? I will? is? 
1s the? in the? in this respect? it is? more? my? nor? nor a? of a? of it? of 
these ? [246, 1]— one ? own? or? something? than? that? then? they-m? there 
is a? this? to? too? use? value? valuable? was? were? whatever? which? 
who? with? with a? you? you have ? [245]— you can ? 

What is the sign for the prefix con- ? [223, 3]— for the affix -ing t [232, 4]— for 
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bi its yras, he obtanz much mor 
dhan he kud in eni udhcr wa. 

Edward. If dha ar such vcri 
yuisful thingz, I wunder dhat cveri 
bodi dhat kan aford it, duz not hav 
wun. 

F. Dha ar not so unkomon az 
yu ma supoz ; I no several individ- 
yualz hui pozes wun or tui ov 
dhem. 

Henri. Hou larj iz it, fadher ? 
Kud I hold it in ml hand ? 

F. Yu mlt : but I shud be veri 
sori tu trust mln widh yu. 

E Yu wil be oblijd tu tak veri 
grat kasr ov it, dhen. 

F. Inded I must. I intend everi 
nit tu inkloz it in dhe smol skren 
ov which I told yu, and it must, 
besldz, okazhonali be wosht in a 
scrten kulorles fluid, kept for dhis 
purpos. But notwidhstanding dhe 
tendernes ov dhis instrument, it 
ma be darted tu a grat distans, 
widhout dhe lest injuri or eni 
danjer ov luizing it. 



akyurat and extensiv infdrmaehon 

II. Hou hi kan yu dart it, 
fadher ? 

F. I am almost afrad tu tel yu, 
lest yu shud think I am jesting. 

E. Hier dhan dhis hous, I supoz ? 

F. Much hier. 

//. Dhen hou dui yu get it a £ 
F. It iz ezili kast doun Bgen bi 

a jentel muxvment dhat duz it no 

injuri. 

E. But hui kan dui dhis ? 

F. Dhe person huxz bizines it iz 
tu tak kaer ov it. 

II Wei, I kan not understand 
yu at ol ; but dm tel us, fadher, 
whot it iz chefli yuizd for. 

F. Its yuisez ar so varius, dhat I 
no not which tu menshon. It iz 
ov grat servis in deslfering old 
manyuskripts, and, inded, has it> 
yuis in modern prints. It wil agist 
us grStli in akwiring ol kindi ov 
nolej, and widhout it, 



Questions.— What is the sign for Almost? [229]— and it must ? are ? as ? at all ? 
can? cannot? care? could? do? docs? does not? down? every? for ? hel 
higher? [102, E. 2]— how ? I? [102]— I am? [103; 245]-if? if thej arel .-'ir- 
is? is it? it? it will? [178]-kind? kinds? [221]— know? knowledge) may? 
might? more? [ITS] — much? no? not ? [221 ]— notwithstanding V of it v of them? 
of which? [246, 1]- other? [ITS]— several ? should be? [72, /<] - tell V the; 
[178]— tbeyarenot? this? [37]— to a-n? told ? [221]— thing ? things'. 
uncommon? [87 ; i>. 112, ft. 5]— us? [87] - use ? uses ? [83, 1]— useful V 
-used? [221]— very? way? [87]— well? [140]— with ? [140]— which I 
[GO]— whose? L00, R. 3]— without? [221]— you? [140, and B. 8] }<>u D 
you should ? you will be? 

Observe that unaccented VOWels are frequently omitted [289], and som.M 
the vowels o[' words of peculiar outline or of frequent oeCUITen 
239, 2. 



13* 



KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



sum ov dhe most sublim parts ov 
kreashon wud be materz ov mer 
konjekt-yur. 

E. Wei, tel us sum thing rnor 
about it. 

F. It iz ov a veri penetrating 
kwoliti, and kan ofen diskuver 
sakrets which kud be detekted bi 
no udher menz. It must be kon- 
fest, houever, dhat it iz ekwali 
llabel tn revel dhem. 

//. Whot ! kan it spek, dhen ? 

F. It iz sumtimz sed tu dm so, 
espeshali when it mets widh wun 
ov its on speshez. 

E. Ov whot kulor iz it ? 

F. Dha van konsiderabli in dhis 
respekt. 

E. Ov whot kulor iz yujrz ? 

F. I belev it iz ov a darkish 
kulor, but, tu konfes dhe truth, I 
never so it in ml lif. 

E. and H. Never so it in yur lif? 

F. No, nor dm I wish tu se it : 



but I hav sen a reprezentashon ov 
it, which iz so exakt dhat ml kuri- 
ositi iz perfektli satisfld. 

E. But whl don't yu luk at dhe 
thing itself? 

F. I shud be in danjer ov luizing 
it, if I did. 

II Dhen yu kud bi anudher. 

F. Na, I belev dhat I kud not 
preval on enibodi tu part widh 
such a thing. 

E. Dhen hou did yu get dhis 
wun? 

F. I am so fortyunat az tu hav 
mor dhan wun : but hou I got 
dhem I reali kan not rekolekt. 

E. Not rekolekt ? Whl, yu sed 
yu brot dhem from dhe siti tu-nlt. 

F. So I did ; I shud be sori if I 
had left dhem behind me. 

H. Tel, fadher, dm tel us dhe 
nam ov dhis wunderful instrument. 
F. It iz kold — an I. 

Jan Tdlor. . 



Questions.— ^What is the sign for About? at ? at the ? called ? [221]— could not ? 
[245]— do not? [221]— equal-fy ? [ITS]— however ? [37]— I did ? [103] -I had? [103 ; 
246, 1]— itself ? [37]— matter ? [2 0]— mere ? [178]— often? [201, and E. 1]— repre- 
sentation ? [202] -see? [37]— something ? [142]— to have ? [201, E. 4]— to-night ? 
[229]-well ? [140]— wish? [37]— which could be? [245]— why ? [140]— would ? [140] 
—would be ? [245]— you could ? [245]. 

How is emphasis denoted ? 80. What is the phonographic dash? 7S. "What is 
the phonographic period ? 78. 

From the references to the Hand-Book on this and the preceding page, the stu- 
dent will discover that that work gives classified partial lists of the word-signs 
and contractions. These signs will be better impressed upon the memory by 
studying, now and then, the partial lists, observing how the different uses of the 
same letter are distinguished by position— that, for instance, in § 37, Pee 2 is up; 
Pee 3 , hope; that Bee 1 is ly, Bee 2 is be, and Bee 3 is to be. As to denoting position 
by figures, see § 260. 



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KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 14* 



POOR RICHARD'S SAYINGS. 

If prld ledz dhe van, begari bringz up dhe rer. He dhat kan travel 
wel afrit', keps a gud hors. Tak dhis remark from Richard purr and 
lam — Whotar'z begun in angger endz in sham. Dhe wurst whSl ov 
dhe kart maks dhe most noiz. Agenst disezez, no dhe strong 
fens iz dhe defensiv vertyu, abstinens. If yu wud hav a fa th fill 
servant, and wun dhat yn Ilk, serv yurself. 

A mob'z a monster ; widh hedz enuf-, but no branz. Dhe diskon- 
tented man flndz no ezi chasr. When prosperiti woz wel mounted, 
let go dhe brldel, and sun kam tumbling out ov dhe sadel. A litel 
neglekt ma bred grat mischif ; for wont ov a nal dhe shin woz lost, 
and for wont ov a shin dhe hors woz lost, and for wont ov a hors dhe 
rider woz lost. 

A fols frend and a shado atend dnli whil dhe sun shlnz. Plou dep 
whil slugardz slep, and yu shal hav korn tu sel and tu kep. Old l»<>i/, 
i hav plathingz az wel az yung wunz, dhe diferens iz onli in dhe pris. 
If yu wud kep yur sekret from an enemi, tel it not tu a fiend. 

Wun tu-da iz wurth tin tu-moroz. Whot mantanz wun vis. wud 
bring up tin children. It iz fiulish tu la out muni in a pureh 
repentans. If yu wud no dhe valyu ov muni, go and til tu boro rom ; 
for he dhat goz a-boroing goz a-soroing. Prld brekfasted widh plenti, 
dlnd widh poverti, and supt widh kontempt. FlI plezhnrz and dim 
wil folo yu. 

Kreditorz hav bcter memoriz dhan detorz ; kreditorz ar a super- 
stishus sekt, — grat obzcrverz ov set daz and tlmz. Sloth in; 
thingz dilikult ; industri, ol ezi. 

A grat part ov dhe mizeriz ov mankind ar brot upon dhem hi dhe 
fols estinifit dha mak ov dhe valyu ov thingz. Dr. Frinhlm. 

Questions.— What is the Bign for A* well as? [245]— difference ? [201]— difficult? 

[ITS]— remark? out ? pleasure? shall? shall have? she? [87]— they will 
upon? want? while? 

How may it be indicated that -1-tij or -;•-/// is to b.> added tO ■ BlgU, 11- - 
in prosperity t [282, B]. What is tin* sign tor the prefix 
that the prefix a- is pa( as vocalization, as Id at/oat^ and Bometim 
article a-, as in a'borrowinQ and a-sorrouring. Bee Btandard-P 
ttooary, under A-. 



15* KEY TO THE FIRST P.KADEK. 



RAIN IN SUMMER. 

Hon butiful iz dhe ran ! after dhe dust and net, in dhe brod and flri 
stret, in dhe na.ro Ian — hou butiful iz dhe ran ! 

Hou it klaterz along dhe rufs, Ilk dhe tramp ov hufs ! Hou it 
gushez and strugelz out, from dhe throt ov dhe overfloing spout ! 

Akros dhe windo-pan it porz and porz ; and swift and wid, widh a 
mudi tid, Ilk a river, doun dhe guter rorz — dhe ran, dhe welkum ran ! 

Dhe sik man from hiz chamber luks at dhe twisted bruks ; he kan 
fel dhe kml breth ov ech litel purl ; hiz feverd bran groz kam agen, 
and he bredhz a blesing on dhe ran. 

From dhe naboring skml kum dhe boiz, widh mor dhan wunted 
noiz and komoshon ; and doun dhe wet strets sal dhar mimik flets, til 
dhe trecherus punl engulfs dhem in its whcrling and turbyulent oshan. 

In dhe kuntri, on everi sid, whaer far and wid, Ilk a lep*ard'z toni 
and spoted hid, strechez dhe plan, tu dhe drl gras and dhe drier gran, 
hou welkum iz dhe ran ! 

In dhe furod land dhe toilsum and pashent oxen stand ; lifting dhe 
yok-enkumberd hed, widh dhar dellted nostrilz spred, dha sllentli 
inhal dhe klover-sented gal, and dhe vaporz dhat arlz from dhe wel- 
woterd and smoking soil. 

Ner at hand, from under dhe sheltering trez, dhe farmer sez hiz 
pastyurz, and hiz feldz ov gran, az dha bend dhar tops tu dhe num- 
berles beting drops ov dhe insesant ran. He kounts it no sin dhat he 
sez dhaerin onli hiz on thrift and gan. H. W. Lbngfelq. 

Questions.— -What is the sign for And his ? [37, and E. 1 ; 246, 2]— come ? come 
the? each? [37]— in ? in its? near? [178]— number ? numberless? [p. 142, E. 5] 
—till ? therein ? [233, and E. 5]— under ? [221]— where ? 

Observe that encum- is represented by the sign of the similar prefix, incori-. 228, 
7 ; 223, E. 1, c. The slanting tick— the— may be written in place of the ing-dot to 
imply a preceding ing, as in lifting the. What is the phonographic hyphen-mark ? 
78. Be sure to refer to Notes and Eeferences when indicated by the " superior" 
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A CURTAIN LECTURE BY MRS. CAUDLE. 

Ba ! Dhat's dhe therd umbrela gon sins Krismas. Whot wet yu hi 
' dm? WhT, let him go horn in dhe ran, tu be shur. I'm veri sertcii 
dher woz nulhing about him dhat wud spoil. Tak kold, inde I ' He" 
duzent luk Ilk wun ov dhe sort tu tak kold. Besldz, he'd betel 
taken kold dhan taken our umbrela. 

Dui yu her dhe ran, Mr. Kodel ? I sa, dui yu her dhe ran ? Az I'm 
aliv, if it iz*ent St. Switlrin'z da ! Dui yu her it agenst dhe windoz ? 
Nonsens ! Yu don't impdz upon me ; yu kan't be aslep widh such a 
shouer az dhat ! Dm yu her it, I sa ? ! yu dm her it ! Wei, d 
a priti flud, I think, tu last for six weks, and no storing ol dhe tini out 
ov dhe hous. Pui ! don't think me a full, Mr. Kodel ; don't insult 
me ; he return dhe umbrela ! Enibodi wud think yu wer born y< 
da. Az if enibodi ever did return an umbrela ! 

Dhasr ; dm yu her it ? Wurs and wurs. Kats and dogz, and for six 
weks: olwaz six weks ; and no umbrela ! I shud Ilk tu no hou <lhc 
children ar tu go tu skuil to-moro ! Dha sha'n't go thrm such wedher, 
I am determind. No ; dha shal stop at horn and never lein enithing 
(dhe blesed kretyurz !) suner dhan go and get wet ! And when dha 
gro up, I wunder lira clha'l hav tu thank for noing nuthing ; hui. hi- 
ded, but dhar fadher ? Pepel hui kan't fel lor dhar on children, ot 
never tu be fadherz. 

But I no whl yu lent dhe umbrela : ! yes, I no veri wel ! I 
going out tu te at der mudher'z tu-moro ; yu ml dhat, and yu did it 
on purpos. Don't tel me ! Yu hat tu hav me go diner, and tak even 
men advantaj tu hinder me 

Qu68titM8. — "What is the s>i;-ii for Ai>out him ? againsl ? as if? [346, 4] — al 
[289, 2 1— anything? [142]— advantage V be? do yon? dear? [1T8]— 1 sa] I I think? 
[103]— if it ? [221] Knew or new t [104] Mr.? never? of got? think? 

thank? through? there was? sure? to be? very certain ? »erj w 
often drops the hook, for sake of phrase-writing. Bee Weil in Btandard-Phono- 
graphio Dictionary. 

That's^ Tm-y </(><. *//7, etc., are vooaliied,to distinguish them Dn 
does not etc. 



,7* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Mit don't yu think it, Mr. Kodel, no, ser ; if it kumz doun in bukets ful, 
*/l go ol dhe raor. No ; and I wunt hav a kab ! Whser dui yu think 
uhc muni'z tu kum from? Yu'v got nls hi noshonz at dhat klub ov 
yurz ! 

A kab, inded ! Kost me sixten pens, at lest. Sixten pens ! Toi 
and at pens ; for dhaer'z bak agen. Kabz, inded ! I shud lik tu no 
liui'z tu pa for 'em ; for I'm shiir yu kan't, if yu go on az yu dm, 
throing awa yur properti, and begaring yur children, bling umbrelaz ! 
Dui yu her dhe ran, Mr. Kodel ? I sa, din yu her it ? But I don't 
kasr — I'l go tu mudher'z tu-moro — I wil ; and whot iz mor, I'l wok 
everi step ov dhe \va ; and yu no dhat wil giv me mi deth. Don't kol 
me a fmlish wuman ; it iz yu dhat iz dhe fuilish man. 

Yu no I kan't waer klogz ; and widh no umbrela, dhe wet's shiir tu 
giv me a kold : it olwaz duz ; but whot dui yu krer for dhat ? Nuthing 
at ol. I ma be lad up, for whot yu kser, az I dasr sa I shal ; and a 
priti doktor'z bil dhoer'l be. I hop dher wil. It wil tech yu tu lend 
yur umbrelaz agen. I shud not wunder if I got ml deth ; yes, and 
dhat's whot yu lent dhe umbrela for, ov kors ! 

NTs klodhz I get, tin, trapsing thrui wedhcr Ilk dhis. Mi goun and 
bunet wil be spoild kwit. Nedent I wasr 'em, dhen ? Inded, Mr. 
Kodel, I shal wasr 'em. No, ser ; I'm not going out a doudi, tu plez 
yui or enibodi els. Grashus n<3z ! It izent ofen dhat I step over dhe 
threshhold ; — inded, I mit az wel be a slav at wuns : beter, I shud sa, 
but when I dm go out, Mr. Kodel, I chuiz tu go az a ladi 



Questions.— 1st line. What is the sign for But ? you ? think ? it ? Mr. ? no ? 
if it? come? comes? [p. 142, E. 5]— down ? in? full? 12 words out of 17 repre- 
sented by word-signs— showing the utility of word-signs 2d 1. ' and-I.' 71 ; 246, 2. 

4th 1. * pence.' How is the circle distinguished from simple Iss? 27, 1 ; 187, 1. 

5th 1. i there's.' What kind of vowel is indicated by the vowel-circle ? 169, 1 

and (a). What is the sign for Who ? whose ? 69, R. 3. . . .7th 1. ' children.' What 
vowel is indicated by the vowel-circle? 27, 1; 187, 1. Why is it written after 
Chel? Observe that as the vowel-circle indicates reading between, the writing it 
before and after is made to denote long and shoi^t. 'I say.' In what directions 

may initial abbreviated /be written? 103. See 'I will,' next line 9th 1. ' step of 

the way.' How are of the implied ? 248. 'a foolish.' What are the two directions 
of the tick for a-n-d ? 71. Why is the dash written through Fel ? 169, 3. . . .12th 1. 

4 always.' What words besides word-signs may be left unvocalized ? 239, 2 

13th 1. * I hope ' The dash or tick / is brought down from its natural position to 
adapt it to the position of hope. 246, 2. 

4th 1. from bottom. ' wear.' Observe that second-place heavy dot here represents 
not a but a3. See 44 and 2. 



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! dhat ran, if it izcnt enuf tu brak in dhe windoz. Uh ! I ink for- 
ward widh died for tu-moro ! Hon I am tu go tu mudhcr'z, I'm I 
kan't tel, but if I df, I'l dm it. No, stir, I wun't boro an umbrela : 
no ; and yu sha'n't bi wun. Mr. Kodel, if yu bring horn anudher um- 
brela, I'l thro it intii dhe stret. Ha ! And it woz onli last wek I 

a nu nozel put tu dhat umbrela. I'm shur, if I'd 'av non az much az 

1 diu nou, it mlt hav gdn widhout wun. Paing for nu nozelz for U&her 
pepel tu laf at yu ! 

0! it's ol veri wel for yra ; yiu kan go tu slep. Yu'v no that 
ov yur puir pashent wlf, and yur on der children ; yu think ov 
nuthing but lending umbrelaz. Men, inded ! — kol dhemselvz lords 
ov dhe kreashon ! Priti lordz, when dha kan't even tak kaer ov an 
umbrela ! I no dhat wok tu-moro wil be dhe deth ov me. But 
dhat's whot yu wont ; dhen yu ma go tu yur klub, and diu az yu 
Ilk ; and dhen nisli ml puir der children wil be yiuzd ; but dhen, ser, 
dhen yu'l be hapi. 0! don't tel me! I no yu wil, els yu'd never 
hav lent dhe umbrela. Yu hav tu go on Thurzda about dhat eumonz, 
and, ov kors, yu kan't go. No, inded : yu don't go widhout dhe 
umbrela. Yu ma luiz dhe det for whot I kaer — it wun't be so much az 
spoiling yur klodhz — beter luiz it ; pepel dezerv tu liuz dels luu lend 
umbrelaz ! 

And I shud Ilk tu no hou I am tu go tu mudhcr'z widhout dhe um- 
brela. 0! don't tel me dhat I sed I wud go ; dhat's nuthing tu diu 
widh it, nuthing at ol. She'l think I'm ncglekting her, and dhe lit 1 
muni vve'r tu hav, we shan't hav at ol ; — bekoz we'v no umbrela. 

Dhe children, tiu! — (der thingz !) — dha'l be soping wet : for dha 
shan't sta at horn ; 



Notes and Questions. — 2d 1. 'to-morrow.' 229 How is emphasis denoted 1 

See SO and b uy in 4th 1 6th 1. 'street.' 171, 1 ; 173. How is Iss here implying 

an Ar-hooit distinguished from simple Iss?... 7th 1. 'as mnch as.' The - 
word determines the position, because its legibility depends more op n position 

tbaq that of as. 246, 4 9th 1. 'wife.' 139, 1....10th I. What is the sign for the 

afSx -self? -selves t 232, 13.... 12th l. ' children.' The name of the outline, Chei- 
Dven, closely resembling the word, needs no vocalization. 289, B. 2. 

Phonographic Description. — *0! dhat ran,* etc. Dedoid*! Dbet 1 B 
Zent 1 Bn-Ef Petoid d Ber-Kay En*-Chetoid Wen-Dees. Hay 3 ! i l Lay-Ka 
Werd Wrhi (/. ,., wi) Dred Ef 3 Petoid 2 -Em-Raj : ou a Petoid'-Em 
Pctoid a -Emdhers, (f)Em 1 [Tin; thus distinguished from Tam, Petoid -1 
Kent- Tel*, Tetoid 3 Kf< I 1 Dee, (DLay [I'll; thus distinguished from / 

Lay] Dee- Tee'-'. En a Sar; I 1 Went 2 Bee-Say Ketoid-Em-Ber-Laj : E 
Yuh- Shent Bee Wen-'. 



19* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

dha shan't luiz dhar lerning ; it iz ol dhar fadher wil lev dhem, I'm 
shiir! But dha shal go tu skuil. Don't tel me dha shudent ; (yu'r 
so aggravating, Kodel, yu'd spoil dhe temper ov an anjel !) Dha shal 
go tn skuil : mark dhat ! and if dha get dhar deths ov kold, it's not 
ml folt, I dident lend dhe umbrela. 

"Her," sez Kodel, in hiz manynskript, "I fel aslep, and dremd 
dhat dhe ski woz turnd intu gren kaliko, widh whalbon ribz : dhat, 
in fakt, dhe hoi wurld revolvd under a tremendus umbrela \" 

Diiglas Jerold. 



DREAM OF SOCRATES. 

Dhe da when Sok-ratez woz tu drink dhe hemlok had kum. Erli in 
dhe morning hiz beluved dislpelz asembeld around him ; widh chasend 
soro dha stud about dhe kouch ov dhe filosofer ; sum ov dhem wer 
wiping. Dhen dhe wiz marter lifted up hiz hed, and sod, " WhI dhis 
mornful sllens, ml beluved ? I wil tel yu ov a cherful thing, a drem 
which I dremd last nit." — " Kudst dhou slep, and even drem ov joi^s 
thingz ?" sed dhe gud Apolodorus ; " /kud not kloz ml Iz." 

Dhen Sokratez smlld, and sed : " Whot wud ml past llf be wurth, 
if it kud not even sweten ml last slep ? Dust dhou not think, Apolo- 
dorus, dhat I hav devoted it tu Selest-yal Luv ?" Several voisez, 
trenryulus widh gratful emoshon, anserd dhis kwestyon. Apolodorus 
kud repll onli bl sllens and fast-noing terz. 

"No, dhen," sed Sokratez, "dhat tu him hut devots hiz llf tu her 
scrvis, she sendz doun dhe luvli Grasez. Sekretli and invizibli dha 
butifl hiz ourz — be dha ourz ov joi, tr ourz ov sufering — widh hevenli 
luster, and suround dhe?n widh ambrozhal fragrans. But abuv ol t ... 

Notes and Questions.— How is the position of a lengthened letter determined ? 

52; 53; 209. See the word father, 1st 1 5th 1. 'manuscript' is contracted, r 

being omitted. 236, 4 ; p. 144, Corresponding-Style Contractions. 

Dream of Socrates.— 1st 1. What is the sign for The? when? was? to? the 
(joined)? had? come? in the ? . . . [2d 1.] his? him? with? they? about the? 

some ? of them ? were ? [3d I.] then the ? up ? his ? and (joined) ? why ? this ? 

my ? I will ? tell you ? of a ? ... . [4th L] thing ? which ? I (abbreviated) ? [108]— 
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dhe swot Sistcrz ar bizi about him in dhe last our ov hiz llf ; for dhw 
iz dhe most serius ov ol, and hath gratcst ned ov hevenli lit. Dhtrs 
dhe last our ov dhe da iz dhe most butiful; dho bemz ov Svening 
brlten it Ilk a strem ov glori from Eliz'ium. 

"Idremd I so a butiful yuith entering ml prizon. On hiz koun- 
tenans wer vizibel dhat seren* graviti and kam kompozhur which 
justli befit- a divJn form. In hiz rlt hand he held a burning torch, 
dhat spred a rozi luster, Ilk evning lit, over dhe darknes ov ml prizon. 
Dhe mor chering and swet dhis biitnes and dhe aspekt ov dhe yuith 
wer tu me, dhe mor mizcrabel and dreri dhe nit ov ml prizon aperd 

" Sloli dhe divin yuith lderd dhe torch. But methot I sezd liiz arm, 
and krld : ' Whot wudst dhou dm V He anserd : * I extinggwish dhe 
torch.' ' Oh ! no !' implord I ; 'it spredz a swet lit thriu dhe darknes 
ov mi prizon.' But he smlld and sed : ' It iz dhe torch ov teres 'trial 
llf. Dhou ncdest it no longger ; for, so sun az it iz extinggwish t, dhl 
bodili I wil kloz forever, and dhou wilt riz hand in hand widh me tu 
a hler wurld, whser a pur eternal luster wil suround dhe. Hou kudst 
dhou, dhen, fel dhe wont ov dhe self-konsuming erthli torch V 

" ' Oh ! dhen, turn dhe torch !' krld I, and aw 6k. I woz alon in dhe 
nit ov ml dunjon. Alas ! I grevd dhat ol had bin a drem. Bit, 
behold, her kumz dhe kup which wil realiz it." Dlie jalor entcrd 
widh dhe boi hui karid dhe kup ov poizon. Dhe vois ov weping and 
lamentashon aroz amung dhe dislpelz ov Sokratez, and even dhe jaloi 
wept. Knitm<\> 



Notes and Questions. — How are capital letters indicated in Phonography 1 SI. 
Why may not z in ' bizi' be written with Iss? G4 and Rem. Observe that in *8 
yu is used, by license [186], for iu. See elyfdum in 3d I., and terrestrial in 12th 1. 

Be sure to make all the references indicated on p. 20 and every other page of the 
engraving of the First Header, and you can not fail of becoming a good phonog- 
raph er. Also, copy every page repeatedly, and you will thus secure, with the 
guidance of a good exemplar, a large amount of practice, which must be had - 
time, and acquire a beautiful style of phonographic penmanship. 

Phonographic Description- Lastparagrap?i,-*-Dedoid' i i Dhen- Tee-E 
Ter-Chay ! Kred 1 I 1 , Tetoid-YVay-Kny. Ketoid-Zee- I en a Kn'-thetoid Net V- 
Em Den-Jen. Lays! I* Greft 1 Dhet* Bedoid 1 Dee 3 -Ben-Tetold Der-Sm. r 
Bee-Eld, Ar 1 KaysMJhetoid Kay-Pee Chel* Ray-Lays Tee*. e J Jay-Lay-Ai 
Dee Weh l -Chetoid Bee Jedoid* Kay-Ray -Dee-Betoid Kay-Pee I 
e 1 Veea Peloid 1 Wen-Pee:' iDg' Ketoid-El-Men-Teeshon ar-ka 

Decs-Pels Petoid 1 Sker-Tees, Keto'ul-Veu-Ketoul ,lay- l.ay-Ar Weh P 

Socrates, M the best man of pagan antiquity," waa bom Before Chi si 

and died B.C. 899 



2L* KEY TO THE FIRST IiEADEK. 



THE DATE PALM-TREE. 

Dhe dat pam-tre iz a nativ ov "worm kllmats, and iz ckefli found in 
Afrika and Ashia. Wherever a spring ov woter aperz amid dhe sandi 
dezerts ov Afrika, dhis grasful pam yeldz both gratful shelter and 
nurishing frut. It haz bin kold dhe most biitiful tre in dhe vejetabel 
kingdom. It konsists ov a singgel stok or trunk, and insted ov 
branchez, Ilk our forest trez, its levz spring from dhe trunk, ner its 
top, and gro from six tu at fet in length. Dhe trunk ov dhis pam-tre 
iz ful ov nots, or serkyular rijez, which mark dhe spots from which 
dhe dekad levz hav folen during its groth. It sumwhot rezembelz dhe 
kan in its interior struktyur, whil dhe outsld onli bekumz wudi. Therti 
yerz ar rekwird for it tu atan its groth. It frekwentli rizez tu dhe hit 
ov wun hundred fet, and livz from wun tu tui hundred yerz. 

Dhe frut ov dhe dat pam-tre iz about tin inchez in length, And veri 
similar in form tu a long plum. Dats ar brot tu dhis kuntri, in a pre- 
zervd stat, in litel saks ov mating, and ar komon in ol our larj sitiz 
and tounz. Dha hav a swet and agreabel tast, and ar veri nutrishus. 
Dhis frut iz kapabel ov supdrting Hf, and sustaning dhe strength ov 
man for an indefinit period ; inded, it iz dhe " bred ov dhe dez-ert." 
Whasr ol udher krops fal from drouth, dhe dat tre stil flurishez. In 
Ejipt and Arabia it forms a larj pdrshon ov dhe jeneral find ; and 
amung dhe 6*asez ov Fezan nlnten twentieths ov dhe popyulashon liv 
upon it for nln munths in dhe yer. 

Notes and Questions. — 2d 1. ' and is.' The and-t\ck is adapted to the position of 
the following word where that has a position of its own, otherwise it is written, like 

the cmtf-dot, on the line, as in ' and-a,' ' and-the. ? 4th 1. 4 yields.' 212, E. 2 

6th 1. ' most beautiful.' The t of most omitted under 236, 3. The position of th6 

phrase is determined by 245 7th 1. ' trunk.' Why is li written before Ing instead 

of after Ter? 105,2 8th 1. l spring.' Why does Iss here imply an Ar-hook? 

171, 1; 173 13th 1. What is implied by one word near a preceding? 243 

14th 1. 'preserved.' What is the effect of shortening any hook-letter ? 212,2 

16th 1. 4 sustaining the.' W T hat is implied by writing the slanting tick (i. 6., the-tick) 

in ihe place of the i7ia-dot1 113 18th 1. 'oases.' Observe that the accent is 

on the first syllable, as indicated by the accent mark in the engraving. 79. 



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PETER THE GREAT AND THE DESERTER. 

Sen I. 

Dhc foloing sen iz founded on an insident in dhc Iff ov Peter dhe 
Grat, Zar ov Ponshia, hra in 1697 went tu Holand tu lern dhe art ov 
skipbilding. He asumd dhe disglz and nam ov a komon wurkman, 
woz emploid in dhe shipyardz at Sardam, and resevd wrajez Ilk a 
komon ship-karpenter. 

S. No, not ashfimd ; bot I am 
konsiderabli afrad. Xo, dhen, 
dhat I woz born at Moskd. 

P. Wei, dher iz no krlm in 
being born at Moskd ; besldz, dliat 
woz no folt ov yuirz. 

& Dhat iz not it. Lisen ! It 
liapend, wun da, dhat a parti ov 
sold-yerz bolted ner ml mudher'z 
hut ; dhe komanding ofiser prez- 
entli kast an I at me, and woz bo 
amazingli taken widh ml aperans, 
dhat he rekwefited I'd mak win ov 
hiz kumpani. I woz about tu de*- 
klln ; but he ashurd me dhat dhe 
Zar Peter (yur namsak. yu no) 
having partikyular okazhon for 
ml servisez, wiul tak it az an of ens* 
if I refuzd dhe invitashon ; 60" he 
forthwith klant a musket 



Peter (disglzd az a karpenter). 
Wei, befor I kwit dhis plas I ma 
let yu intu ml sekret. 

Stanmits. And dui yu think ov 
leving us ? 

P. 1 hav nou bin absent from 
ml nativ kuntri a twelv-munth. 
I hav akwlrd sum nolej ov ship- 
bilding — dhe objekt for which I 
kam her, — and it iz tlm I shud re- 
turn horn. 

S. Our master, Fon Blok, wil be 
sori tu lraz yui, bekoz yu ar dhc 
most industrius felo in dhe yard ; 
I shud be sori, bekoz— bekoz, Peter, 
I Ilk yu. 

P. And I don't disllk yut. 

S. Peter, I think I ma ventyur 
tu tel yu a sekret. 

P. WhT, shfirli yu hav dun 
nuthiner tu be ashamd ov ? 



Hotes and Question*.— 1st 1. Why is the dash-rowel written through F 
1 Russia.' y.-i used \'nr to. 186... 1st ool., 81. Rrom bottom, 'asecret,' 171,8; 

What is the Bign for tlu> affix singly t 282,6. How arc dnt-voweh written 
between the consonants of an El-hook, or an Ar-hook, sign ? 169. The i 
means reading between, on whiohever Bide written. What, then, is meant I 
ing it before t by writing it after t 



23* 



KEY TO THE FLRST KEADER. 



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of. 



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P. ai, yu wer enlisted ! 

S. Enlisted! Whi, I kan't sa 
but I woz. Nou, I woz olwaz an 
independent sort ov felo, fond ov 
ml on wa, and kudent stumak 
being drderd about agenst ml in- 
klinashon. 

P. (asid). So, so ! Dhis felo iz 
a dezerter ! 

S. I put up widh it a long whil, 
dho ; til wun biter kold morning 
in Desember, just at thre 6'klok, 
I woz arouzd from mi kumfortabel 
worm slep, tu turn out and mount 
gard, on dhe blek, blustering kor- 
ner ov a rampart in dhe sno. It 
woz tin bad, wozent it ? 

r. I don't dout yu wild radhei 
hav bin worm in bed. 

S. Wei, az I kudent kep miself 
worm I lad doun ml musket and 
began tu wok ; dhen I began tu 
run, and — wil yu belev it ? — I 
dident stop runing til I found 



mlsclf fiv legz awa from dhe out- 
posts ! 

P. So, dhen, yu ar a dezerter ! 

S. A dezerter ! Yu kol dhat be- 
ing a dezerter, diu yu ? Wei, puting 
dhis and dhat tugedher, I shudent 
wunder if I wer a dezerter. 

P. Dui yu no, ml der felo, dhat 
if yu ar diskuverd, yu wil be shot ? 

S. I'v sum such Idea. Inded, 
it okurd* tu me at dhe tlm ; so, 
thinking it hardli wurth whil tu 
be shot for being so short a distans 
az onli fiv legz awa from mi post, 
I mad dhe best ov ml wa tu Sar- 
dam ; and her I am. 

P. Dhis iz an ok ward after in- 
ded, and if dhe burgomaster wer 
informd ov it, — houever, be ashurd 
yur seki et iz saf in ml keping. 

S. I don't dout yu, for I suspekt 
yu ar in a similar skrap yurself. 

P. I ?— ridikyulus ! 

S. Dhser'z sumthing veri miste- 
rius about yu, at eni rat. But, 3*11 
sa yu wil kep ml sekret ? 



Notes and Questions. — 1st col., 1st 1. ' shoulder.' 207, R. 5 2d 1. fii = ay. 102, 

E. 3 5th 1. ' couldn't' = kudent. Ent is vocalized with e so as to distinguish it 

from not. See wasn't in 13th 1 6th 1. ' against.' 239, 2. Gen 2 is a word-sign for 

' again,' and, of course, adding st makes ' against,' and no vocalization is required. 

2d line from bottom. ' didn't.' Ded J -Net, to distinguish it from ' did not,' Dent 1 . 

Last line. ' leagues.' 156, 2. El is more convenient than Lay before Gay. 

2d col., 3d 1. ' shouldn't' = shudent, ' Ent' added to ' should,' Eetoid 2 , by vocal- 
ized Ent, to distinguish 'shouldn't' from 'should not.' 7th 1. 'I've.' Written 

(T)Vee {i. e., vocalized Yee) to distinguish it from I have, Teftoid 1 (i. e., abbreviated 
/with a Yee-hook). 201 and R. 2. ' idea.' In a case of two vowels before or after 
one consonant, which must be written nearest? A. The one sounded nearest. 99. 
. . . .3d 1. from bottom. ' There's.' Dhcrs 2 vocalized, to distinguish it from There is, 
Dhers 2 unvocalized. 'mysterious.' This word has so many consonants and so 
distinct a form that it is not necessary to completely vocalize it; and yu for iii is 
omitted. 



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P. ! trust me for dhat. 

S. Bokoz if it shud get tu dhe 
erz ov eni ov dhe ajents ov dhe 
Zar, I shud be in radher a bad fix, 
yu no. 

P. Dhe Zar shal no no mor 
about it dhan he duz nou , if I kan 
help it ; so don't bo afrad. He 
himself, dha sa, iz radher fond ov 
waking awfi from hiz post. 

S. Haha ! iz he ? Dhen he haz 
no bizines tu komplan ov me for 
runing aw a, — eh ? 

P. Yu must luk out for him, 
dho. Dha sa he haz a wa ov 
finding out everi thing. Don't be 
tui shur ov yur sekret. 



8. Kern, non ; IkVz in Rrashia, 
and I'm in tloland ; and I don't 
so whaer'z dhe danjer, unles yu 

men tu blab. 

P. Felo-wurkman, dui yu tak 
me for a trator ? 

8. Not so, Peter ; but if I am 
ever taken up her az a dezerter, 
yui wil hav bin dhe onli wun tu 
humi I hav told ml sekret. 

P A fig for dhe Zar! 

S. Don't sa dhat — he'z a gud 
felo, iz Peter dhe Zar, and yu'l 
hav tu fit me if yu sa a wurd in 
hiz dispraz. 

P. 0! if dhat'sdhe kas, I'l sa 
no mor. 



Sen II. 
Stanmits — Mrs. Stanmits — Peter dhe Grut — ofiser. 



Stanmits. Wei, mudher, I musent 
be skulking about her in Mosko 
eni ldngger. I must lev yu, and 
go bak tu Holand tu mi trad. At 
dhe risk ov ml lif I kain her, and 



at dhe risk ov ml lif I must go 

bak. Mts.S. ah! Mikel, Mikel, 

if it hadent bin for ynr turning de- 
zerter, yu mit hav bin a korporal 

bl dhis tlm ! 



Phonographic Description. — The naming of the phonographic letters, in q 
aneo with the author's system of nomenclature, constitutes a sort of * u\r 
language,' in which good phonographers may readily and understand in riy eon- 
verse. Thus, on- Dec- Yuh- Dec-? or (omitting numbers to indicate second posi- 
tion) ou Dee Yuh Dee? How do you do? LYtoid'-Eni Ver WeK B< toid-Ith'-Yuh. 
I am very well, I thank you. A useful exercise will be to write and then read the 
phonography denoted by the "Phonographic descriptions," or to read, without 
w riling. 

1st COL— P. Dodoid-! Torst Km 1 Kf-'-Dhet. & Kays* Fet* Oh . 
PetOid'-ChetOid (e) \r-Iss Peloid 1 En 1 : [may read near] J ay r.uN:Xee- \ r, V- i! 
Bee En' Ardher- KetoidBed- Ef Kays, Yuh- Kn'-\ /'. o> Z .-- Vr [a 
Mor Bet*-Tee Dhen» Hav- Pees- EnVPetoki, Ef 1 i l Kei 
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KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 



S. Luk yu, inudher, — IVoz mad 
a sol dyer agenst mi wil, and dhe 
mor I so ov a soldyer'z llf, dbe mor 
I hated it. Az a pair jurniman 
karpenter, I am at lest fre and 
independent ; and if yu wil kuni 
widh me tu Holand, yu shal tak 
kaer ov mi wajez and kep kous for 
me. 

Mrs. S. I shud be a drag upon 
yu, Mlkel. Yu wil be wonting tu 
get marid, bl-and-bl ; and, mor- 
6v r er, it wil be hard, for me tu lev 
dhe old horn at ml tim ov llf. 

S. Sum wun iz noking at dhe 
dor. Wat, mudher, til I hav kon- 
seld miself. 

[Enter Petsr dhe Grdt, disgizd.] 

P. Whot, ho ! komrad ! No 
skulking ! Kum out from behind 
dhat skren ! Dident I se yu thr in 
dhe windo, az I past ? 

S. Iz it posibel ? Peter ! Mi old 
felo-wurkman ! Giv us yur hand, 
ml karti ! Hou kam yu tu be her 



in Mosko ? Dher iz no shipbilding 
going on so far inland. 

P. No ; but dher iz at St. Peterz- 
burg, dhe nu siti dhat dhe Zar iz 
bilding up- 

S. Dha sa dhe Zar iz in Mosko 
just nou. 

P. Yes, he past thrra yur stret 
dhis morning. 

S. So I herd. But I did not se 
him I sa, Peter, hou did yu find 
me out ? 

P. Whi, hapening tu se yur 
mudher' z sin over dhe dor, it 
okurd tu me, after I returnd tu 
dhe pal-es — 

S. Dhe pal-es? 

P. Yes, I olwaz kol dhe plas 
whcer I put up a pakes. It iz a 
wa I hav. 

S. Yu olwaz wer a funi felo, 
Peter ! 

P. Az I woz saing, it okurd tu 
me dhat Mrs. Stanmits mit be dhe 
mudher or ant ov ml 



Xotes and Questions.— 1st col., 4th 1. ' I am.' As 7 determines the position of 

the phrase (245), am is brought out of its position 5th 1. ' and if you will.' The 

and-tick, not having any position of its own, is adapted to the position of the fol- 
lowing sign, whenever that has any assigned position ; otherwise, it is written in 

the position of the and-dot, as in Ketoid 2 -Chetoid, and the. 246. 2 10th 1. ' and 

moreover.' Here the a/ic?-tick, though occupying the position of the a?ic?-dot, is 
regarded as adapted to the position of moreover, in which, being written as though 
it were a phrase, the first word determines the position (245). 

2d col., 3d 1. ' St. Petersburg.' St.= Saint, when an inseparable part of a name, 
is adapted to the position of the remainder of the name, as in this case. So in ; St. 

Pail, St. James.' See Saint, in the Standard-Phonographic Dictionary loth 1. 

' always.' Ways making the second syllable of this word, does not require vocal- 
ization ; and since it is a frequent word, if it should occur again soon, it might 

safely be left without any vocalization, as in the 17th 1. 239, 2, and R. 2 Last line. 

4 Stanmits.' Disjoining is here resorted to in order to secure the gain of halving. 
218. 



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old mesmat ; and so I put on dhis 
disgiz — 

S. Haha ! Shur cnuf, it iz a 
disgiz — dho disgiz ov a jentelman. 
Peter, whaer did yu get such fin 
klodkz ? 

P. Don't interupt me, ser ! 

S. Don't jok in dhat wa agen, 
Peter. Dux yu no yu haf frltend 
me bl dhe stern ton in which yu 
sed, "Don't interupt me, ser!" 
But I se hou it iz, Peter, and I 
thank yu. Yu thot yu kud lern 
sum thing ov yur old frend, and so 
stopt tu inkwlr, and sd me thrui 
dhe windo. 

P. Ah I Stanmits, meni'z dhe 
big log we hav chopt at tugedher 
thrui dhe long sumer da in Fon 
Blok's shipyard. 

S. Dhat we hav, Peter. WhI 
not go bak widh me tu Sardam ? 

P. I kan get beter wajez at St. 
Petersburg. 

JS. If it wern't dhat I'm afrad 
ov being overbold for taking dhat 
long wok awa from ml post, I wud 
go tu St. Petcrzburg widh yu. 



P. Hou hapend yu tu verity ur 
bak her ? 

S. WhI, yu must no dhat dhia 
old mudher ov mln wonted t 
me badli, and dhen I had left be- 
hind her a swethart. Don't laf, 
Peter ! She haz wated ol dhis 
whll for me ; and dhe mizeri ov it 
iz dhat I am tin puir tu tak her 
along widh me yet. But next yer, 
if ml luk kontinyuz, I men tu 
return and mari her. 

P. Whot if I shud inform agenst 
yu ? I kud mak a priti litel sum 
bl expozing a dezcrter. 

S. Don't jok on dhat subjekt. 
Yu'l frlten dhe old wuman. Peter, 
old boi, I'm so glad tu se yu — 
Halui ! soldyerz at dhe dor ! Whot 
duz dhis men ? An dfiser ? Peter, 
exkuz me, but I must lev yu. 

P. Sta ! I giv yu ml word it iz 
not ym dha wont. Dha ;ir front lz 
ov mln. 

S. ! if dhafs dhe kfis, II stA, 
but dui yu 



Notes and Questions.— 1st col., 5th 1. 'interrupt.' 228, S. The prefix for inter- fi 
frequently joined by the advanced writer to the remainder of the word, as in th's 

case. p. 113, It. 10 9th 1. and 10th 1. ' I see.' 4 1 thank you.' Abbreviated / (j 

here adapted to the position of the following word— in one ease raised a little aDOVt, 

and in the other ease depressed alightly from, its strict position, though bell 

above (he line, it is regarded as in the flrsl position. Buch adaptations of ; 

— so that the first word of a phrase shall be in its assigned position— aids r 

materially. See 246, t. See « I had' in 2d eol.. 8d 1.. .. 12th 1. When 

the SOUnd /, thai is best represented by El :is belter than Lay, preparing |D< 

for making a heavy horizontal, in /<>//</, 18th L, Bl is used to avoid Um 

Which would be required with the use of l.a\ . 

2d eol., i;>th 1. youHl. Vocalized Lay, to distinguish :■" "" Iron . V .h*- 

Lay Last 1. k if that's the.' DhetS voeali/.ed to distiUguU 'i «. 



27* 



KEY TO THE FIRST READEE. 



no wun ov dhoz feloz luks wunder- 
f ul Ilk mi old komanding ofiser ! 

[Enter ofiser. ~\ 

Ofiser. A dispacli from St. Peterz- 
burg, yur majesti, klaming yur 
instant atenshon. 

Mrs. S. Majesti ! 

S. Majesti I I sa, Peter, what 
duz he men bl majesti ? 

0. Nav ! no yu not dhat dhis iz 
dhe Zar ? 

S. Whot !— eh ?— dhis ? Non- 
sens ! Dhis iz ml old frend Peter. 

0. Doun on yur nez, raskal, tu 
Peter dhe Grat, Zar ov Rnishia. 

Mrs. S. Oh ! Yur majesti, yur 
majesti, don't hang dhe purr boi ! 
He nu no beter. He nu no beter ! 
He iz ml onll sun ! Let him be 
whipt, but don't hang him. 

S. Nonsens, mudher ! Dhis iz 
onli wun ov Peter'z joks. Hii ha 
ha ! Yu kep it up wel, dho. And 
dhoz ar dispachez yu ar reding, 
Peter ! 

0. Kaskal ! Dasr yu interupt hiz 
majesti ? 



S. Twis yu'v kold mS iaskal. 
Don't yu think dhat's being radher 
familyar ? Peter, hav yu eni ob- 
jekshon tu ml piching yur frend 
out ov dhe windo ? 

0. Ha ! Nou I luk kloser, I re- 
member yu I Soldyerz, arest dhis 
felo ! He'z a dezerter. 

S. It's ol up widh me ! And 
dhssr standz Peter, az kam az if 
nu thing had Impend. 

3Irs. S. I'm ol in a maz ! Gud 
Mr. Ofiser, spser dhe purr boi ! 

0. He must go befor a kort-mar- 
shal. He must be shot. 

Mrs. S. Oh ! wo iz me ! wo iz 
me ! dhat ever mi purr boi shud 
be shot. 

P. Ofiser, I hav okazhon for 
dhe servisez ov yur prizoner. Re- 
les him. 

O. Yur majesti' s wil iz absoltit. 

£. (asid). Majesti agen ? Whot 
duz it ol men ? A lit braks in 
upon me 



Notes on. Position of Word-Signs. — 1st col., 2d 1. 'my' is Em 1 , in accordance 
with its vowel, while May is Em 2 . 3fe, also Em 1 , can, of course, be easily distin- 
guished, by the context, from My (as can Am, Era 2 , from May) ; but Him must be 
Em 2 to distinguish it from Me 4th 1. From is Fer 2 , because of its frequency, not- 
withstanding its vowel indicates the first position. '-Your' is Yay 2 , because fre- 
quent, and not needed to be in the less convenient position (the third) indicated by 
its vowel 7th 1. * What' is represented by Wub 1 , i. e., wo, while Would is repre- 
sented by "Wuh 2 , which would be woo, upon the plan of putting vowel-signs when 
alone, the height of a Tee above the line for the first place, on the line for the third 
place, and midway for the second place. Carefully read, in connection with this, 
68, E. 2. ' Does,' Dees 2 , in accordance with its vowel, and because, being regarded 
as a derivative from Do, Dee 2 , it must occupy the position of that primitive word. 

2d col., 3d 1. ' Think,' not needing to be in the first position, is put in the more 

convenient position (the second), while Thank, a less frequent word, is distinguished 
from it, by being written in the third position, which is indicated by its vowel. 



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KEY TO THE FIRST EEADEE. 



28* 



Dher wer rumorz in Iloland, when 
I left, dhat dhe Zar had bin wurk- 
ing in wun ov dhe shipyardz. 
Kan ml Peter be dhe emperor ? 

P. Stanmits, yu hav ml sekret 
nou. 

S. And yu ar — • 

P. Dhe emperor ! Rlz, old wu- 
man ; — yur sun, Baron Stanmits, 
iz saf. 

Mrs. S. Baron Stanmits ! 

P. I wont him tu superintend 
mi shipyard at St. Peterzburg. No 
wurdz. Prepagr, both ov yu, tu 
lev for dhe nu siti tu-moro. Baron 
Stanmits, mak dhat swethart ov 
yurz a barones dhis veri evening, 
and bring her widh yu. No wurdz. 
I hav bizines klaming ml kser, 6r 
I wud stop and se dhe weding. 
Her iz a purs ov dukats. Wun ov 
ml sekretariz wil kol widh orderz 
in dhe mominjr. Faerwel; 



S. 0! Peter! Peter! I'm in 
such a bewilderment ! 
Mrs. 8, Doun on yur nez, Mikel ! 

— I men Baron Stanmits ! Doun 
on yur nez ! 

8. Whot, tu ml old frend Peter 
— him dhat I yuizd tu res el widh ? 
— exkuz me, yur majesti— I men, 
frend Peter — Zar Peter— I kan't 
begin tu realiz it ! It iz ol so lik 
thingz we drem ov. 

P. Haha ! Gud bl, mesmat. 
We shal met agen in dhe morning. 
Komend me tu yur swethart. 

S. Mr. Ofiser, dhat kort-marshal 
yu spok ov izent likli tu kum 6f. 

0. Baron, I am yur veri humbel 
servant. I hop, Baron, yu wil spek 
a gud wurd for me tu hiz majesti 
when oportuniti oferz. I humbli 
tak mi lev ov yur ekselensi. 

Anonimus. 



Notes on Word-Signs.— 1st col., 1st 1. ' There,' Dher 2 , because the vowel is - 
place. Of course, the same sign may stand for Their and They are, the context 
showing readily which of the three it represents in any case. Other, which 
strictly belongs to the second position, as shown by its accented vowel, is put In 
the third position, to distinguish it from Their. Either is distinguished from 
and Their by being put in the first position, in accordance with its accented vowel, 
e. 'Were.' As to p'an of writing separate vowels, see Note \7th I. ■ What') on pre- 
ceding page. As the vowels (and Brief Way and Y;iy. for this purpose, may be 
regarded as vowels) can occupy but two positions as word-signs, W5 i (W< 
we) must be brought to the line ; for, With, Well 1 {i.e.. wi), properly occupies Ihe 
first position. ' When,' in order to' distinguish it from One. Wen 9 , is written in the 
first position, notwithstanding its vowel is second place. • That the.' Thai is Dhct 1 
to distinguish it from Without, which is Dhet'-, a position which clearly disting - 
Without from With, with which it was found to Conflict, in rapid writing, when ;hey 

occupied the same position. The change of That from the second p sition o° 
which it was once assigned) to the first position was an improvement, since it 
brings better within the general line of writing the numerous phrases beginning 
with 17iat, such as, That it may be, Dhet' -Tee Brno; Thai it dors. Dhet^Tee-Dee* 
Bee That in the Standard-Phonographic Dictionary. 



29* KEY TO THE FIEST EEADER. 



SWALLOWS. 

Swoloz ! hra duz not luv dheni ? Tu us dha hav ever bin favorit 
berdz. Ofen hav we wocht dhem in dhar bizi laborz, whll gadhering 
niaterialz widh w r hich tu bild dhar nests, in erli sumer ; and hav folod 
dhem widh our Iz, az dha darted past, tu and fro, skirning ner dhe 
ground at dhe aproch ov a storm, nou and dhen diping dhar wingz in 
dhe smradh woter ov dhe jentel strem ; and dha aperd so hapi ! We 
luv dhar harmles prezens ; dhar meri twiteringz ; dhar klen and shin- 
ing plumaj. Dhe wurld semz w r un ov hapines tu dhem, and it mit be 
mor triili such wer it not for dhe kruelti ov sum human beingz. 

On dhe bralevardz in Paris, a fashonabel rezort for promenading, 
■whser ma be found sets for dhoz hui wud rest or lounj. and konvenyens 
for refreshments, wun ofen mets personz barring long wuden kajez, 
kontaning haf a duzen or mdr swoloz, yrazhuali yung wunz, which hav 
bin krueli kaptyurd from dhar nests. Dhez inosent berdz ar dhus born 
about, expozd tu dhe vu ov dhoz hui ma chans tu be seking plezhur 
or rekreashon, and frekwent apelz ar mad tu dhe paserz-bl tu purchas 
dhe fredom ov a berd. " Tcu sents for dhe liberti ov wun, onli tui 
sents ; tak w^un, ladiz and jentelmen, it wil bring gud luk." Dhus iz 
karid on a spekyulashon widh dhe simpathiz and piti ov dhe publik. 
And meni yung swoloz ar hot fre, and dhe purr trembling kaptivz set 
at liberti, tu sport at wil thrui dhe fre aer. It iz plezant tu obzerv dhe 
aparent joi ov dhez berdz az dha fll of from dhe benevolent handz ov 
dhar liberatorz. 



JTbtes.— 1st 1. Us is Es 3 for distinction's sake, though its vowel is second-place ; 
as Ever, in 2d 1. is Yee 1 , to distinguish it from Have 2d 1. Often, though its ac- 
cented vowel is first-place, is put in the second position to distinguish it from Eien^ 
Ven 1 , which might be read as Often if accidentally light, while Often, Fen 1 in the 
Old Phonography, might be read Even, if accidentally heavy 5th 1. from bot- 
tom, 'and gentlemen.' Jent 1 , 'gentle??^/?,' to distinguish it from Jent 2 , ' gentle- 

man. 9 3d 1. fr. b. ' thus is.' Thus is Dhees 3 , to distinguish it from This, Dhecs 2 , 

which is so placed because of its frequency, and to distinguish it from These, 
Dhees 1 . 

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Spoking ov swoloz in Paris, we ar reminded ov an insident which 
okurd in dhat siti and woz related bl an I-witncs. A swolo alited on 
wuri ov dhe kolejez and aksidentali slipt its Jut intu a nuifi 
string atacht tu a woter-spout. 131 endevoring tu eskap, dhe Btring 
bekam dron tltli around its legz. Its strength bekam ekzosted in van 
atempts tu fll, and at length it uterd persing krlz, which sun agembeld 
a vast multitud ov swoloz.. 

Dha semd tu konsult tugedhcr for a litel whll, and dhcn wun ov 
dhem darted at dhe string, and struk it widh its bek az it flu past. 
Udhcrz folod in kwik sukseshon and did dhe sam, ech striking at dhe 
sam plas. After kontinyuing dhis kombind operaslion for haf an our, 
dhe kord woz severd and dhe kaptiv set fre tu join dhe flits ov its 
kompanyonz. 

When sumcr haz past, dhe swoloz, yung and old, hold dhar metingz 
ov preparashon on dhe rufs ov dhe barnz, for dhar jurni south. E h 
parent berd instrukts its yung, dhat befor dhe kold ^winter kramps dhe 
insekts 



Notes on Position of Word-Signs. — 1st 1. There are three positions for word- 
signs. See 54, and read carefully. The position of some "word-signs is determined 
by the principles of phrase-writing. We are is Wer 1 , because We, represented by 
the Way-hook, determines the position in accordance 'with 245. So We may should 
be Wcm 1 , and We will,V{cl l , for the same reason. 'Which,' though having a 
first-place vowel, is put, because of its frequency, in the second position, the most 
convenient one, and that serves to distinguish it from Each, which is Chay', in ac- 
cordance with its vowel, 'and was.' Was, though having a first-place vowel, is in 
the second position, because of its frequency 2d 1. ' by an.' By is Bee 1 , in ac- 
cordance with its vowel, while Be is, for the sake of distinction, and because of its 
frequency, put in the more convenient (second) position, notwithstanding it- 
is first-place. 55. 'its' is Tees-, because of its frequency 4th 1. 'in," En 1 , in 

accordance with its vowel. Any \s En 1 (though its accented rowel Is 
place), to distinguish it from Xo, En-; and Own is made En 3 for the same r 

' and at.' At\s Tee :i , in accordance with its vowel. /fisTee 8 1. "Ti < 

a very frequent word, is entitled to bo represented by its consonant. The \ in the 
position (the second) indicated by its vowel. Though is put, tor distinction's I 
in the third position, notwithstanding its accented vowel is second -place; A 
context will easily enable one to distinguish it from Thou, Dhee 8 , which is prop r'y 
placed according to its accented vowel. 'Together' is represented by Gay, in the 
position indicated by the accented vowel of the word. (,if t is Gay 1 , RCCOf 
its vowel. ' For a.' For, because of its frequency, is written Ef*, notwithstanding 
its vowel is fir>t-plaeo. This placing of the word distinguishes it U 
accordance with its vowel. -While,' placed in the first position, B CC rd tfl 
vowel, is distinguished thus from 11'//, \Yel J , in accordance with i I fOWei 



31* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

dha must eskap tu sum distant wormer kllm. Dhe kors ov dhe jurni 
iz pointed out tu dhe inexperienst traveler, bl short exkurshgnz. Az 
dhe chili nits kum on, and dhe frost, dha imprinv a brlt morning, and 
rizing in floks hi abuv dhe trez, komens dhar jurni. 

Dha ofen rest for a short tlm on dhar wa, when sum sutabel spot iz 
found ; but dha hasen forward tu Florida and dhe sudhern kost ov dhe 
Gulf ov Mexiko, ar dha tari long. Most ov dhem, on dhe aproch 
ov kuil wedher dhasr, go stil furdher south, tu pas dhe winter in a 
wormer kllm. 



CONFESSIONS OF A BASHFUL MAN. 

Part Ferst. 

Yu must no dhat in mi person I am tr>l and thin, widh a fasr kom- 
plekshon and lit flaxen haer ; but ov such extrem sensibiliti tu sham, 
dhat, on dhe smolest subjekt ov konfuzhon, ml blud ol rushez intu ml 
cheks. Having bin sent tu dhe yraniversiti, konshusnes ov mi unhapi 
faling mad me avoid sosleti, and I bekam enamord ov a kolej Hf. But 
from dhat pesful re tret I woz kold bl dhe deth ov ml fadher and ov a 
rich unkel, hm left me a fortyun of therti thouzand poundz. 

I nou purchast an estat in dhe kuntri, and mi kumpani woz much 
kdrtcd bl dhe surounding familiz, espeshali bl such az had marijabel 
doterz. Dho I wisht tu aksept dhar oferd frendship, I woz forst 
repetedli tu exkuz mlself, under dhe pretens ov not being kwlt seteld. 
Ofen, when I hav riden or wokt widh ful intenshon ov returning dhar 
vizits, ml hart haz fald me az I aprocht dhar gats, and I hav returnd 
homward, rezolving tu trl agen dhe next da. Determind, houever, at 
length, tu konker ml timiditi, I aksepted an invitashon tu din widh 
wun huiz open ezi maner left me 

Notes on Word-Signs.— 1st 1. 'to some.' To is Petoid 12 , i. e., 65 on the line, in the 
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KEY TO THE FIRST BEADEB. 32* 

no ruim tu dout a kordial welkum. S6r Tomas Frendli, htn livz about 
tui mllz distant, iz a barcnct, widh an estat joining" tu dhat I ptrrchast. 
He haz tui sunz and fiv doterz, ol gron up and living widh dhat mrdher 
and a maden sister ov Ser Tomas'ez, at Frendli Hoi. Konshua ov mi 
unpolisht gat, I hav, for sum tlm past, taken prlvat leiBonz ov a pro- 
fesor hra techez "gron jentelmen tu dans ;" and dho I at ierst found 
wundrus difikulti in dhe art he tot, ml nolej ov mathematike woz ov 
prodijus yras in teching me dhe ekwilibrium ov ml bodi, and dhe du 
ajustment ov dhe senter ov graviti tu dhe fiv pozishonz. 

Having akwird dhe art ov woking widhout totering, and lernd tu 
mak a bou, I boldli ventyurd tu oba dhe baronet's invitashon tu a 
famili diner, not douting dhat mi nu akwlrments wud enabel me tu b€ 
dhe ladiz widh tolerabel intrepiditi, but, alas ! hou van ar ol dhe hops 
ov theori when unsuported bi habityual praktis ! 

Az I aprocht dhe hous, a diner-bel alarmd ml ferz, lest I had spoild 
dhe diner bi wont ov punktyualiti. Imprest widh dhi9 idea, I blush t 
dhe depest krimzon, az ml nam woz repetedli anounst bi dhe several 
liveri-servants, hm usherd me intu dhe llbrari, hardli noing whot or 
huim I so. At ml ferst entrans, I sumond up ol ml fortitud, and mad 
ml nu-lernd bou tu Ladi Frendli ; but unfdrtyunatli, in bringing bak 
ml left fut tu dhe therd pozishon, I trod upon dhe gouti to ov pmr 
Ser Tomas, hui had folod klos at ml helz, tu be dhe nomenklator c r 
dhe famili 

Dhe konfuzhon dhis okazhond in me iz hardli tu be konsevd, 
non but bashful men kan juj ov ml distres. Dhe baronet's politnes, 
bi degrez, disipated ml konsern, and I woz astonisht 



Kotes on Word-Signs. — 1st 1. ' Who.' Who is Jedoid 2 , i. e., oo on the line, in the 
direction of Jay. oo' 2 , in the direction of Bee, is T o or Two. See 68s K. 1 and 
2 ; 69. ' About' is Bet 3 , in accordance with the accented vowel. . . .2 1. * is a.* Ob- 
serve that the circle is joined to the ticks A-n-d and The the same as to ooneonai 
straight lines. 27,1. ' AIL' See list of vowel-wordsigaa in 69. ' l'p' is Pee*, ii. 
accordance with its vowel. The toss frequent word Hope, for distinction's N 

Pee 3 ; notwithstanding its vowel is second-place 4 1. '1 haw.' Bee 10 

Tetoid 1 , as an abbreviated /, I/are is joined by the Vee-hook. _'U. \l. _ and t 

51. 'First' is the Steh-loop, on the line, in the direction of Chay. The Han - 
introduced the plan of joining First to a preceding word by a Steh-loop, 
writing At Jirst, Teest 3 . 'Difficulty.' \\y retaining the Old-Phonograph 
Kel '■', for this word as well as Difficult, tlu 1 /requent words ! ■ 

may he represented by Def 3 instead of by the onsnggestive sign Dee 1 , 
Misc.' Use (=yms) is Es 3 , in accordance with ItsvoweL The Drequenl l 
! is Es- and S< <■, Es 1 , in accordance with the vowel. tf*> not withstands 

place vowel, is made Es 3 , to distinguish it from SOk 



33* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

tu se hou far gud breding kud enabel him tu supres hiz felingz, and tu 
aper widh perfekt ez after so panful an aksident. 

Dhe cherfulnes ov her ladiship, and dhe familiar chat ov dhe yung 
ladiz, insensibli led me tu thro of ml rezerv and shepishnes, til, at 
length, I ventyurd tu join dhe konversashon and even tu start fresh 
subjekts. Dhe llbrari being richli furnisht widh buks in elegant bind- 
ingz, I konsevd Ser Tomas tu be a man ov literatyur, and ventyurd tu 
giv ml opinyon konserning several edishonz ov dhe Grek klasiks, in 
which dhe baronet's opinyon exaktli koinslded widh ml on. 

Tu dhis subjekt I woz led bl obzerving an edishon ov Zen*ofon in 
sixten volyumz, which (az I had never befor herd ov such a thing) 
gratli ekslted mi kuriositi, and I roz up tu examin whot it kud be. 
Ser Tomas so whot I woz about, and, az I supozed, wiling tu sav me 
trubel, roz tu tak doun dhe buk ; which mad me mor eger.tu prevent 
him, and hastili laing ml hand on dhe ferst volyum, I puld it forsibli, 
but, 16 ! insted ov buks, a bord, which, bl letering and gilding, had 
bin mad tu luk Ilk sixten volyumz, kam tumbling doun, and unlukili 
picht upon a wejwud inkstand on dhe tabel under it. 

In van did Ser Tomas ashur me dher woz no harm ; I so dhe ink 
streming from an inlad tabel on dhe Turki karpet, and skaers noing 
whot I did, atempted tu stop its progres widh mi kambrik hankerchif. 
In dhe hit ov dhis konfuzhon, we wcr informd dhat diner woz servd 
up, and I, widh joi, persevd dhat dhe bel, which at ferst had so 
alarnid mi ferz, woz onli dhe haf-our diner-bel. 



Notes on Word-Signs. — 1st 1. ' good.* Good is Ged 2 , because of its frequency, 
notwithstanding its vowel is third-place. God is Ged 1 , in accordance with the 
vowel. ' Could.' This word being very frequent is entitled to the most convenient 
position (the second), notwithstanding its accented vowel is third-place. Quite is 
Ket 1 , in accordance with its vowel ; and, in the Reporting Style, Act-ed may be 
written Ket 3 . For Corresponding-Style rule of position for words having second- 
place or third-place accented vowels, see 52 ; 53 ; 219. ' Him.' Him is Em 2 to dis- 
tinguish it from Me and My (Em 1 ) 2d 1. ' After' is Eft-, because of its frequency, 

though its accented vowel would assign it to the third position. Fet 1 is Jf it, and 
Fet 3 is a reporting word-sign originated with the Hand-Book for Future and Fu- 
turity 3d 1. 'her.' Iter, notwithstanding its accented vowel is second-place, is 

assigned to the first position the more certainly to distinguish it from Our, Ar 3 . 
Are is Ar 2 , a convenient position to which this word is entitled by its frequency, 
notwithstanding the vowel is third-place. Here and Her, being different parts of 
speech, may, of course, be distinguished by context, notwithstanding they are all 
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KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 34* 

Tart Sekond. 

In woking thrui dhe hoi and sut ov apartments tu dhe dining-rram, 
I had tim + u kolekt ml skatcrd sensez, and woz dezlrd tu tak ml set 
betwixt Ladi Frendli and her eldest doter at dhe tabel. Sins dl 
ov dhe wuden Zenofon, ml fas had bin kontinyuali burning Ilk a fir- 
brand ; and I woz just begining tu rckuver mlself, and tu fJel ki;m- 
fortalli kml, when an unlukt-for aksident rekindeld ol ml net and 
blush ez. 

Having set mi plat ov suip tin ner dhe ej ov dhe tabel, in boning tu 
Mis Dlna, hui politli komplimented dhe patern ov ml wastkot, I tum- 
beld dhe hoi skolding kon "tents intu ml lap. In spit ov an imediat 
supli ov napkinz tu wlp dhe surfas ov ml klodhz, ml blak silk drea 
not stout enuf tu sav me from dhe panful efekts ov dhis - 
fomentashon, and for sum minits I semd tu be in a boiling koldron ; 
but rekolekting hou Ser Tomas had disglzd hiz tortyur when I trod 
upon hiz to, I fermli bor ml pan in silens, midst dhe stlfeld gigling ov 
dhe ladiz and dhe servants. 

I wil not relat several blunderz which I mad during dhe ferst kors. 
or dhe distres okazhond bl ml being dezlrd tu karv a foul, or help tu 
varius dishez dhat stud ner me ; upseting a sos-bot, and noking d< ran a 
solt-selar ; radher let me hasen tu dhe sekond kdrs, wkasr fresli disas- 
terz overwhelmd me kwlt. 

I had a pes ov rich, swet puding on mi fork, when Mis Lolza Frendli 
begd tu trubel me for a pijon dhat stud ner me. In ml hast, ska is 
noing whot I did, I whipt dhe puding intu ml mouth, hot az a burn- 
ing kol. 



JVotes on Word 'Signs. —1st 1. ' through the.' Through, because a frequent w 
Ther'-, notwithstanding its vowel is third-place. In the Old Phonography it was 
unnecessarily in the third and less convenient position. In Standard-Phonography, 

Throughout is Thret 2 , instead of Thret 3 as in the Old Phonography 8d 1. ' had 

hern. 1 Had is Dee 3 in accordance with its vowel, but, tor the sake of d Btioction 
and because of its greater frequency. Do is written in the second position, which 

is tlir moat convenient position Gtli 1. ' near the.' Near and Xo>\ in accordance 

with the vowel, are represented by Ner 1 . Manner, a frequent word, la \ - : 

while Owner is Ner 3 , the same position as the primitive ()/rn. En ;i 7th 1. * * 

Lay- is used tor the very frequent word Will; and, for sake of distinct on, W 

written Lay*, notwithstanding its vowel la second-place Bth 1 'immedl 

Mod 1 , in accordance with its accented vowel, while Med-' ifl I 

the." Froniy because of its frequency, is Fer 9 , notwithstanding il hai ' i 

vowel, In the reporting style, Per 1 is Form-ed y as thst given in the Hand-! 



35* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

It woz imposibel tu konsel ml agoni ; mi Iz wer starting from dhfir 
sokets. At last, in spit ov sham and rczolushon, I woz oblljd tu drop 
dhe koz ov torment on ml plat. 

Ser Tdmas and dhe ladiz ol kompashonated ml misfortyun, and ech 
advlzd a diferent aplikashon. Win rekomended oil, anudher woter ; 
but ol agred dhat win woz best for droing out fir ; and a glas ov sheri 
woz brot me* from dhe sld-bord, which I snacht up widh egernes, but, 
oh ! hou shal I tel dhe sekwel ? 

Whedher dhe butler bl aksident mistuk, or purposli dezlnd tu drlv 
me mad, he gav me dhe stronggest brandi, widh which I fild mi mouth, 
olredi flad and blisterd. Totali unyrazd tu evri kind ov ardent spirits, 
widh ml tung, throt, and palat az ro az bef, whot kud I dui ? I kud 
not swolo ; and klaping mi handz upon mi mouth, dhe likor skwerted 
thrui ml finggerz Ilk a founten, over ol dhe dishez, and I woz krusht 
b! bursts ov lafter from ol k\\ orterz. In van did Ser Tomas reprimand 
dhe servants, and Ladi Frendli chid her doterz, for dhe mezhur ov ml 
sham and dhar divershon woz not yet komplet. 

Tu relev me from dhe intolerabel stat ov perspirashon which dhis 
aksident had kozd, widhout konsidering whot I did, I wlpt ml fas 
widh dhat il-fated kankerchif, which woz stil wet from dhe konse- 
kwensez ov dhe fol ov Zenofon, and kuverd ol mi fetyurz widh streks 
ov ink in everi direkshon. Dhe baronet himself kud not sup<5rt dhe 
shok, but joind hiz ladi in dhe jeneral laf, whll I sprang from dhe 
tabel in despasr, rusht out ov dhe hous, and ran horn in an agoni ov 
kontuzhon and disgras which dhe most poinant sens ov gilt kud not 
b^v ekslted. Anonimus. 

Notes on Word-Signs.— 1st 1. 'impossible' and Impossibility are Emps 1 , in ac- 
f -rdance with the accented vowel. Emps 2 is a derivjitive word-sign for Improves 

ojt Improvements 3d 1. 'and each.' Each is Chay 1 , in accordance with its 

vowel; Which is Chay 2 , for the purpose of distinguishing it from Each, and to 
iiave it in the most convenient position, to which the word is entitled by its 
frequency. Much is represented by its last consonant, Chay, in the third position, 
to distinguish it from Which and Each. ' a different.' Diferent, because of its fre- 
quency, has its sign, Def, written in the second position, though its accented vowel 
is first-place. In the reporting style, Def 1 is a word-sign for Divine-ity, and Def 3 

for Advance-d as first given in the Hand Book 9th 1. ' kind.' Kind and Can not, 

though both Kent 1 (in accordance with the accented vowel), are easily distinguish- 
ed by context. Account is Kent 2 , because frequent, notwithstanding its accented 
vowel is third-place. Can not, Kent 1 , is distinguished from Can, Ken 2 , b >th by 
position and length of letter. This is important, to avoid reading an affirmative 
sentence as negative, and vice versa. Distinguish, if desired, CinH from Can not, 
by vocalizing Kent 2 for the former. 



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THE HORSE. 

Dhe hors iz found in almost everi part ov dhe wmld in a domestik 
stat. He iz found wild in Afrika and Arabia ; also in South Amerika, 
and dhe western parts ov North Amerika, having bin introdust tu dhe 
lafer kuntriz bl dhe Spanyardz. He iz dhe most nobel and dhe most 
yixisful ov dhe domestic animalz. Widh les sagasiti dhan the elefant, 
he stil pozesez dhat kwoliti in a hi degre, and iz jenerus, mild, and 
even afekshonat in hiz natyur. 

Dhe veri aperans ov dhe hors denots grat strength, remarkabel 
aktiviti, and a lofti spirit, yet he iz submisiv tu dhe komand ov man. 
He not onli yeldz tu dhe hand dhat gldz him, but he atendz kwikli to 
dhe wishez ov hiz rider, and, obedient tu dhe impreshonz which he 
resevz, presez on, or stops at hiz rider's plczhur. 



Notes on Word-Signs.— 1st 1. 'every' is Ver 2 , in accordance with its accented 
vowel. It is readily distinguished, by the context, from the word Very, which 
Ver 2 . Ever is Yee 1 , and However, Vee 3 . • world.' This was formerly represented by 
Werd 2 , which is far better appropriated to Word^ which it completely ex; 
The sign Eld, appropriated to World, will be seen to be the la<t consonant ->ign of 
its complete outline, Wer-Eld. It is put in the second position, in accordance with 
its vowel, u. This sign is very convenient for phrase- writing, as in writing 
world, En'-Eld; All the world, Bedoid'-Eld; Throughout the world, Thret--Eld ; 
For the world, Ef--Eid. See World in the Standard-Phonographic Dictionary. 
As to the principles to be observed in devising or selecting word-signs and con- 
tractions, see the Compendium, p. 122, B. ;>. This word-sign tor World will be 

found to comply fully with the principles there first stated 8d l. 'been' is 

because of is frequency, although its vowel is first-place -tth 1. 'than the. 1 

Three words are represented by Dhen, placed according to the accented ^ v 
the word it is a sign tor: Dhen 1 , Within; Dhen*, /". i; Dhen Wh I 

'wishes.' Wish is Ish 1 , in accordance with accented vowel ; s - ■ 

is, therefore, Ish 8 J and ftsutf, in the reporting style, is lab*, for 



37* KEY TO THE FIEST READEK. 

Tu hav an Idea ov dhis nobel animal in hiz nativ simplisiti, we ar 
not tn luk for him in dhe stabelz tu which he haz bin konsind bl man, 
but in dhoz wild and extensiv planz whaei he iz found in a stat ov 
natyur, whaei he ranjez widhout kontrol and enjoiz dhat fredoni which 
bounties natyur gav. 

Az an instans ov dhe grat atachment which dhe Arab felz tu hiz 
hors. dhe foloing akount iz related. " Dhe hoi stok ov a prar Arabian 
ov dhe dezert konsisted ov a bfitiful ma?r. Dhe French konsul at Said 
oferd tu purckas her for hiz master, dhe king ov Frans. Dhe Arab 
hezitated for a long tiro, but prest bl wont, he at length konsented tu 
sel her for a konsiderabel sum ov muni. Dhe konsul. not chorzing tu 
giv so hi a pris widhout instrukshon. rot tu Frans for permiskon tu mak 
dhe purckas. Lmi Fortenth gav drderz tu pa dhe muni. Dhe konscl 
Bent ndtis dhaerov tu dhe Arab, hui sun mad hiz aperans, mounted on 
hiz bfitiful hors. and dhe gold he had demanded az her pris woz pad 
doun tu him. Dhe Arab dismounted and lukt at dhe muni ; dhen, 
turning hiz Iz tu hiz msr, he sid, and dhus adrest her : 

•* ■ Tu huim am I going tu veld dhe up ? Tu Yraropeanz, lira wil tl 
dhe klos, hra wil bet dhe, lira wil render dhe mizerabel. Reman widh 
me. ml buti, ml darling, mi jiiel, and rejois dhe harts ov ml children.' 
Az he pronounst dhez wurdz. he sprang upon her bak, and galopt of 
tordz dhe dezert." 



Xbtes on Word-Signs and Contractions.— 1st L ' We are not' is Wernt 1 , its posi- 
tion being determined by the word We, in accordance with the usual rule of phrase- 
position. 245. Were not is Wernt 2 3d 1. ' Where* is Wer-. in accordance with 

its vowel (se), which is second-place with the use of the usual (twelve-vowel) scale. 
47. Aware, a less frequent word is represented by "Wer 3 . See A- in the Standard- 
Phonographic Dictionary. We are is represented by Wer 1 . the position of the 
siirn, as though it were a phrase-sign, being determined by the usual rule of 
phrase-position. 245. 'Nature' is Net , in accordance with its accented vowel. 

Net 1 is Not 5th 1. 'great' is Gret-. in accordance with its vowel. Greater is 

GrerVRay ; Greatest, Gretst 2 ; Greatly, Gret--Lay ; Greatness, Gret--Ens. 'ac- 
count' is Kent-, because of its frequency, notwithstanding its accented vowel (ou) 
is third place. Kent 1 is Can not. For the derivatives of Account, see the Stand- 
ard-Phonographic Dictionary Sth 1. 'want' is Went 1 , in accordance with its 

vowel. Went, which was formerly represented as a sign-word by Went 1 , is written 
in Standard Phonography by Went 2 , in accordance with the usual rule of position. 
52. Since the name of the sign makes the word, it may be left unvocalized, in ac- 
cordance with 239, R. 2. .. 15th 1. 'thee.' Thee and Thy are Dhee 1 ; TJtey and 
Them are Dhee-; and Thou, Dhee 3 in accordance with the vowel. TJiov.gh, for 
distinction's sake, is Dhee 3 . 



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IMMENSITY OF THE UNIVERSE. 

Dhe kontemplashon ov dhe wrrks ov God — dhe magnitud ov dhe 
vizibel kreashon, and dhe smolnes ov dhe erth in komparison— kan hut 
hav an elevating efekt upon our moral and relijus sentiments. Dhe 
ful extent ov dhe yranivers iz not non. Dhe onli part which W€ 
eni konsepshon ov iz dhat which haz bin lad open hi dhe perseverans 
and abiliti ov dhe astronomer, asisted hi optikal instruments ov - 
pouer. We hav no definit nolej or konsepshon ov dhe vizibel kreashon. 
Numberz kan onli reprezent our nolej ov its proximat magnitud ; but 
tu get our best Idea ov dhe extent ov dhe vizibel yuinivers, we ar 
oblljd tu emploi a standard ov referens, or yuroit ov mezhur, which 
aktyuali overpouerz our hiest konsepshonz ov gratnes. We ar sum- 
whot familyar widh dhe extent ov wun, tin, or thre mllz ; but when 
we wish tu grasp a definit idea ov ten mllz, we find it a konsid- 
erabel efort ov dhe imajinashon. Extend dhe mezhur tu a hundred, 
a thouzand, or tu ten thouzand mllz, and it iz reali beyond our definit 
konsepshon. Whot must we sa, dhen, ov dhis terestrial glob when 
konsiderd in ol its extent ? And dhen let us extend our ohzervashonz 
tu dhe vast glob ov dhe sun. Whot dm we her find ? A litel yuini- 
vers widhin itself — a glob, huiz diameter exsedz dhat ov our terestrial 
sfer a hundred and twelv tlmz ; huiz surfas iz mor dhan twelv thouzand 
thnz dhat ov dhe erth, and its solid kontents wun mil von and for hun- 
dred thouzand tlmz dhe solid kontents ov dhe erth. Wer it nolo, 
eksept a thin surfas, and dhe erth and mum — separated az far ai dha 
nou ar — muivd widhin it, dhe erth okyupling dhe senter, dher wud b€ 
ampel rmm for dhe mum tu revolv around its wunted senter — ya. and 
lev tin hundred mllz beyond on evei i Bid. 

Whil dhe diameter ov dhe sen iz but wun hundred and thertei) 
dhe diameter ov dhe erth (dhat iz. 895,000 mllz), its distans from 
12,133 tlmz dhe sam yumit (dhat i/.. 96,000,000 mllz). Such 
numberz ar kompl&tli bSyond our kompr€henshon in dhis - 
and hens astronomerz ar went <r» emploi a standard 0"v mezhur, lirj in 
itself, SO* az tu form sum konsepshon ov dist.i ar. 



39* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Obzervashon shdz dhat lit minvz widh a rapiditi so grat dhat it 
Bweps over a spas ov 192,000 milz in a sekond ov tim. In udher 
wurdz, wer a taper lited 192,000 milz from us, in just wun sekond we 
kud se dhe efekt ov its blaz. Vast tu us az such numberz aper, it 
aktyuali rekwlrz lit about at and a haf minits tu kum from dhe sun 
tu dhe erth. Tu emploi a standard brot doun mor nerli tu our kom- 
preheushon : supdz a stem-karij tu muiv widhout intermishon, da and 
i lit, at dhe rat ov twenti milz an our, til it rechez dhe sun. Several 
jenerasnonz must pas awa during dhe tun ; for, it wud okyupl about 
550 yerz. Such dhen iz dhe interval dhat separats us from our solar 
orb. Iz it a wunder dhat dhe sun iz reali so larj, whll its aparent 
dimenohonz ar so smol ? 

But ve hav not yet gon beyond dhe limits ov dhe erth's orbit. Our 
planetayi sistem iz vast in extent beyond dhat. Dhe spas dhat sepa- 
rats Nept-yun, dhe fardhest ndn planet from dhe sun, iz ekwal tu 
therti timz dhat which Hz betwen us and dhe sun. Start from dhe 
grat sentral luminari on yur stem-karij, az abuv supozd, and let yur 
kdrs be tdrd dhat distant planet tu which I hav just kold yur aten- 
shon ; travel a thouzand yerz, and yur kdrs iz yet onward — onward 
stil, til anudher, and anudher, and anudher thouzand yerz hav elapst, — 
and dnli wun kworter ov yur jurni iz performd. Sixten thouzand fiv 
hundred yerz must swep intu eterniti ar yu ariv at yur jurni' z end. 
But dhe pozishon which yu nou okyupl, dnli marks dhe limit ov wun 
sld ov our sistem ov sun and planets. Dhe orbit ov far-of Neptyun 
extendz az far on dhe udher sld ov dhe sun az yu ar nou supdzd tu be 
on dhis. Hens, tu travel from wun sld ov dhe ndn planetari sistem tu 
dhe udher wud rekwir twls 16,500, or 33,000 yerz. 



Questions and JVotes. — 1st 1. ' Observation.' How is Iss usually joined to straight 
lines? 2T, 1. How is it joined between two strokes? 27, 4. In what position is 
That ? 89, 1 ; 219, 1. It is put in this position to distinguish it from tcithout, Dhet 2 . 
'light.' What is the rule for shortening to add t in this word? 220. Why is the 
word written in the first position? 219, 1. 'moves.' Why is 65 written before Yee 
instead of after Em? 105, 2; 106, E. 1. 'rapidity.' How is ol expressed in this 

word? and by what rule? 220. ' sweeps.' 117, 3. 'space.' 5S, 63 2dl. 'miles' and 

' second.' The first requirement of speed is the use, if permitted by other princi- 
ples of Phonographic Orthography, of the briefest signs for the expression of soands. 
See Part V of the Hand-Book, § 4, 1. Hence, in Miles = milz, z is expressed by 
Iss (26, R.)» and > in Second, n is expressed by the En-hook, and d, by shortening. 
220. ' taper.' There is nothing here to prevent the use of the briefest sign for pr. 

166, o and o 8d 1. ' effect,' Why can not Kay be shortened here to add t ? 217 

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KfcY TO THE FIRST READER, 40* 

Beyond dhis, udher planets ar stil suspektcd. Lit, even widh its 
amazing velositi, kud not pas from wun extremiti ov dins sigtem tu 
clhe udher in les dhan at ourz. Even dhis iz not dhe limit ov our Bolai 
sistem. Akording tu dhe kompyutashonz ov astronomerz, dhe splen- 
did komet ov 1G80 rekwlrz 8,800 yerz tu komplet wun revolushon 
around dhe sun. Dhe mlti spas dhat dhis sweps over in paging around 
dhe sun iz yet but a point. When it iz at dhat part ov its orbit 
fardhest from dhe sun, it wud rekwlr about for daz for lit tu reeli us 
from it. Sueh, dhen, iz dhat spas thruiout whieh dhe sun'z atraktiv 
influens iz felt. Grat az dhis spas iz, it iz onli wun tra-hundred-and- 
fiftieth part ov dhat which scparats our sun from dhe next nerest sun 
in dhe yumivers. 

But let us stop wun moment tu raz our Iz tu dhe volt ov heven, and 
notis dhez sparkling points which ar skaterd promiskyuusli over dhe 
nokturnal ski. 

" O, whot a kon'fluens of etherial f Irz, 
From simz unnumberd, doun dhe step ov heven 
Strom tu a point, tu senter in ml sit ! 
Dhis prospekt vast — whot iz it ? Wad arit, 
'Tiz Natyur'z sistem ov diviniti, 
And everi student ov dhe nit insplrz; 
>Tiz elder Skriptyur, rit bl God'z on hand — 
Skriptyur othentik! unkorupt bl man." 

Let us nou prosed in our imajinari flit tu dhe nerest nxt star. S 
dhat we travel widh dhe sped ov a kanon-boi, which goz twenti mllz a 
minit, or sixti timz 



Questions and Notes. — 1st 1. ' planets.' nts arc better expressed here by En-hook 
and Tees, than by Nets, because of the better junctions, ami the better basia for the 
derivative words, secured by the former, 'suspected.* There is nothing here 
vent the u«c of the briefest expression of s-s. Scs is 10 per cent taster than Es-Isa 
the expression in the Old Phonography for initial s-8. Why may the rowel of the 

syllable -ted be omitted ? 239, E. 2, b. « velocity.' 166, b and o. * could no: > 245 

2d 1. * extremity.' Why can not the t of -t>/ be expressed by shortening 
Qrth-=Orttaographer, 8, 1. 'the other.' yu is here used, by license, for the - 

sounds oil. 186. ' 8.' 82 Tth 1. 'as this.' 246,8. As is here adapted to 'i »,stj 

that it may he distinguished from A% ///<»<■. [ss-Dhees 1 , and At U ^. Iss-I 

'Only.' 156, R., b 9th 1. 'stop.' As no vowel oeeurs between the 

briefest sign tor 8t may be used, ' moment." -»/ may here he expressed in the 

est way, namely, by the En-hook and shortening, 'raise.' V9 

ately preceded by an initial or immediately followed by a Bnal vowel, 

invariably represented by Us, ' vault.' Why is .■> written through Velt - . 161 



41* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

our former velositi, wun milyon tui hundred thouzand yerz must pas 
awa befdr we kum tu our jurni'z end. Dhe distans iz twenti milyonz 
ov milyonz (20,000,000,000,000) ov mllz, and it taks lit thre yerz and 
ati daz tu rech us. And dhus, wer dhe nerest star bloted out ov ex- 
istens, it wud shin for thre yerz and ati daz befor dhe last ra kud rech 
us. We thot, in konsidering dhe distans dhat separats dhe sun from 
dhe erth, dhat it woz veri grat ; whot, dhen, shal we sa ov dhat expens 
ov spas dhat rekwirz lit upward ov thre yerz tu travers it ! 

Remember, however, dhat dhis iz not dhe fardhest fixt star, but dhe 
nerest dhat haz yet bin found — a brit star in dhe sudhern hemisfer. 
Dher ar udher starz, and brit wunz, tra, huiz distans from us far eksedz 
dhat ov dhe wun we hav bin kontemplating. Dhe lit from Sirius, dhe 
brltest ov ol dhe fixt stars, okyuplz therten yerz in reching us, and 
konsekwentli its distans from dhe erth iz for tlmz dhe distans ov Alfa 
Sentori ,(Alpha Centauri), dhe nerest star huiz par-alax haz bin deter- 
mind. Arkturus, a larj red star ov dhe nordhern hemisfer, iz so far 
remravd from us, dhat no les dhan twenti-thre yerz ar konsumd in dhe 
pasaj ov its lit tu dhe erth. If dhe distansez ov dhe brltest fixt starz 
ar so grat, whot kan we sa ov dhdz dhat ar just perseptibel tu dhe 
naked I ? 

We hav rezon tu think dhat dhe averaj distans ov dhe starz inkresez 
az dhar aparent magnitud dekresez. If we nou tak dhe averaj distans 
ov dhe starz ov dhe ferst magnitud tu be such dhat it wil rekwlr ten 
yerz for dhe pasaj ov lit from dhem tu us (and dher is rezon tu think 
dhat it iz grater dhan clhis), dhen dhe smolest starz dhat ar distinktli 
vizibel tu dhe naked I wil, on an averaj, be so far from us dhat it wil 
rekwlr lit seventi yerz tu rech us from dhem : and lit from dhoz starz 
dhat ar so smol dhat we onli okazhonali kach a glimps ov dhem, kan 
not pas over dhe interval 

Questions and Notes.— 1st 1. 'former.' Why is o written through Fer? 169, 3. 

What serves for the Ar-hook in the last syllable? 164 2d I. i distance.' Hew is 

n expressed in this word? 1S7 3d 1. Why is ' light' written above the line, i. e. f 

in the first position? 219, 1. * out of.' How is of added here? 201, E. 4 4th 1. 

* existence.' How is Ses vocalized? 65, 2 5th 1. How may con- or com- be ex- 
pressed in connection with the preceding word In ? A. By the sign for Incon-m. 
p. 112, R. 7. Observe that the general method of implying con, com, or cog is by 
writing the remainder of the word under or close to a preceding syllable or word : 
near Dee, for de- or ifis-, as in decompose, discontinue ; near Ray, for re- as in re- 
concilable, recommend, recognize ; near Ar, foH>Y-, as in irreconcilable; near En*, 
for un-, as in uncontrolled, uncombined ; under the end of En 1 , for in, as incon* 
stant, incomplete, in complete, incognito ; under Ens 1 , for mi*-, as in misconduct, 
mlsccmpute ; under or through Nen^for non, as in noncommittal, noncond 'acting. 






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dhat separate dhcm from us, in lcs dhan wun hundred yerz. Such, 
dhcn, iz dhe distans at which dhe naked I kan perse v fizikal objekt*. 

But whot diu we lern, when we bring tu our asistans dhe teleskop ? 
Let us tak dhe grat teleskop ov Lord R6s ^Rosse), and direkt its kolosal 
tubz tord dhe Milki Wa ; behold dhe urmumberd sunz, huiz lit nou 
stremz doun dhe "step ov heven," widh such intensiti az tu afekt our 
vizyual organz. Whan* hundredz onli wer vizibel tu dhe naked I, 
thouzandz nou burst upon our astonisht vizhon, az so meni brlt and 
shining points on dhe " azhur buizom ov nit." If dhe distans ov dhoz 
dhat ar just vizibel tu dhe naked I iz so grat, whot must we sa ov dhe 
distans ov dhoz which ar bcerli tu be sen widh dhe help ov Lord Ros'ez 
grat rcflektor ! Dhis grat instrument wil penetrat intu spas at Lest 
thre hundred tlmz az far az dhe naked I. Multiplling dhis number bl 
wun hundred, dhe number ov yerz rekwlrd for dhe pasaj ov lit from 
dhe most distant starz vizibel tu dhe naked I, and we obtan therti 
thouzand yerz for dhe pasaj ov lit from dhe mdr remot starz sen bl 
menz ov Lord Ros'ez grat teleskop. Twenti-nln thouzand yerz ago, 
dhen, dhez distant sunz mit hav sest tu exist, and dha yrud stil hav a 
thouzand yerz tu glimer az brlt speks on our nokturnal ski ! 

Let us stop for wun moment and reflekt on dhe magnitud ov dhat 
zon ov starz dhat we kol dhe Milki- Wa. Did yu ever examin it ? It 
goz kompletli around dhe hevenz. Astronomerz tel us dhat our erth — 
dhis litel bol ov mater upon which we dwel, and which we ar told is 
under dhe speshal kser ov Deiti — maks anyuali a revolushon around 
wun ov dhe sunz ov dhis stari zon. 01 dhe briter starz ov dhe fenna- 
ment belong tu dhis kluster. Hou mlti, hou ogust*, hou inkompre- 
hensibel iz dhis ivun Muster, dhis stari stratum, dhis Hand yumivers ov 
ourz ! We ar not in dhe senter ov it. 



Notes and Questions.— -1st I. 'naked.' d is here added by shortening In accord- 
ance with 220 2d 1. ' physical'== fizikal. kl are here expressed by the briefest 

sign, Kel. 1(50, ?>and 8d 1. ' bring. 1 Where are all first-plaee vowels written whoa 

occurring between two strokes? 105 00 1. 'unnumbered.' How are derivative 

word-signs form- d? p. 142, 11. 5. Remember that part of what constitutes I 
sign is its position, and that the position is unchanged when the for, 

fixed or affixed, 261, R. 2 .6th 1. 'hundreds.' There is no principle interfering 

with tin' expression of both d J a of this word by halving, and securing a briefer form 

•ban the old one, En-Dreds 9th l. 'penetrate. 1 The old form I 

Pee-En-Tret, was unnecessarily long. . . . LOth l. ' required. 1 How are angles 

eo as to be read between the consonants o( an Kl-hook. or Ar-hook. tigU I U 



43* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

In sum parts dhe larjer teleskops ar abei tu penetrat thrra and se dhe 
bid etherial spas beyond, -which inter venz bet wen our sistem ov sunz 
and dhe next naboring sistem. But in udher parts dhe most pouerful 
teleskops which hav yet bin brot tu brcr, kan not sound dhe fardher 
extremiti. Poiz yurself, dhen, for wun moment, on dhe fardhest ex- 
tremiti ov dhe Milki-Wa, and dhen dart widh dhe rapiditi ov lit, and 
at lest fdrti thouzand yerz must pas befor yu kud rech dhe opozit limit. 
Such iz dhe vastnes ov our stari kluster. 

But I hav onli told yu ov wun sistem ov sunz — dhat tu which we 
belong ; veri extensiv, widhout dout ek waling, and perhaps surpasing 
eni udher widh which dhe astronomer iz akwanted ; but yet it iz but 
wun amung dhe vast sistemz ov dhe yumivers ov God. Lanch out into 
spas, and travel up dhe stremz ov lit which febli afekt yur vizyual 
organz thrui yur grat teleskops, and behold ! Whot diu yu find ? 
Dimli at ferst, dhe lit braks upon yu ; but az it inkresez yu exklam, 
" Anudher kluster, anudher stratum ov sunz, a Milki-Wa so far 
remuivd from our miniit sfer, dhat it onli aperz as a fant pach ov lit 
on dhe blu kanopi dhat dhe God ov Natyur haz spied over us !" 

Dhe astronomer diskuverz in varius parts ov dhe hevenz thouzandz 
ov dhez klusterz ov starz and neb -yule. Ech ov dhez iz tu be regarded 
in dhe sam lit az dhe Milki-Wa — az a kluster ov sunz far remuivd from 
our siderial sistem. Tu dhoz hui inhabit dhe planets which re vol v 
around wun ov dhe sunz sityuated in eni ov dhoz klusteiz, dhur stari 
stratum wud aper tu enserkel dhe hoi hevenz, az our Milki-Wa d'uz 
her. Dhe sunz ov dhe yumivers sem tu be kolekted intu klusterz, or 
sistemz, in dhis maner. Dhe prinsipel ov gravitashon renderz it 
nesesari dhat ol dhez sunz shud hav a nioshon ; and hens we konklud 
dhat, besldz dhe moshon ov dhe starz amung dhemselvz, around dhe 
senter ov graviti ov dhar on partikyular 

Notes and Questions. — 1st 1. 'parts.' As Pret is the briefest sign for Pari, and 
does not conflict with vocalization or with principles of legibility, it should be used 

instead of the old outline, Pee-Eet 2d 1. 'intervenes.' p. 113, Pw. 10 3d 1. 

' which have.' 201, R. 4. 'brought.' This brief form conflicts with no principle of 
phonographic orthography. In Standard Phonography as in the Old Phonography, 
the curves for /, r, m, n are shortened simply to add t, and shortened and widened 
to add d. Excepting Yay, Way, Emp, Ing (which are not shortened, because they 
would conflict with Eld, Ard, Med, and Ned), all other consonant strokes are 
shortened, in Standard Phonography, to add either T or D, while, in the Old Pho- 
nography, excepting also the Way-hook signs, T was added by halving to only 
light and D to only heavy signs. The Standard-Phonograpbic rule of halving re- 
duces to regularity hundreds of words which were exceptions to the old rule, and 
enables the writer to avail of the advantage of halving in numerous instances 
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sistem, dhe sistcmz dhemselvz must hav a mo&hon around dhfir on 
senter ov graviti. Whot nou kan be dhe distans ov dhea stari klus- 
terz ? We kan onli giv dhar probabel distans. For starz hraz lit iz 
blended intu wun kan be sen at twls dhe distans ov wi;n star. Si poz, 
dhen, dhat Lord Eos luks direktli ontu ten thouzand starz in wun ov 
dhe fantest and most distant klusterz, it wud be wun hundred timz 
dhe distans ov a singgel star — dhat iz, it wud rekwlr lit thre milyonz 
ov yerz tu kum from dhat lokaliti tu our erth. David Trbhnj. 



THE RIVER. 

River ! Eiver ! litel river \ 

Brit yu sparkel on yur wa ; 
O'r dhe yelo pebelz dansing, 
Tbrui dhe flouerz and fdliaj glansing, 
Lik a child at plii. 

Eiver ! Eiver I sweling river I 

On yu rush o'r ruf and smuidh, 
Louder, faster, broling, loping 
Over roks, bl roz-banks sweping, 
Lik impetyuus yiuth. 

Eiver! Eiver! briming river I 

Brod, and dop, and stil az tim : 
Seming stil, yet slit in mdshon, 
Tending onward tu dhe oshan, 
Just lik mortal prim. 

Eiver! Eiver rapid river! 

S witter nou yu slip :n\ a ; 
Swift and silent ai an aro, 
Thnu a Chanel dark ami nai\>, 

Lik Ill's klo/.ing da. 

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45* KEY TO THE FIEST EEADEE. 



TELL'S ADDRESS TO THE MOUNTAINS. 

Ye kragz and peks, I'm widh yu wuns agen ! 
I hold tu yin dhe handz yu ferst beheld, 
Tu sho dha stil ar fre. Methinks I her 
A spirit in yur ekoz anser me, 
And bid yur tenant welkum tu hiz horn. 
Agen ! o sakred fdrmz, hou proud yu luk ! 
Hou hi yu lift yur hedz intu dhe ski ! 



Kotes and Questions. — 1st 1. * crags.' The Jc and r are quickest expressed by 
Ker. The final s, as usual, is expressed by the briefest sign, Iss. What is the rule 
for writing a before Gay, instead of after Ker? 105, 2. ' I'm' is written with Em 

vocalized with i, to distinguish it from lam, Petoid'-Em 2d 1. 'first.' The 

sign for First will be seen to be Steh 2 , representing the last two consonants of the 
word. 237 3d 1. 'still.' 67. It should be observed that the brief consonant- 
signs (Iss, Steh, brief Way and Yay) do not, as to reading, foilow any special rule, 
or one different from that applied to stroke-signs; for as the stroke first made reads 
before the following consonant (with its vowel or vowels, if any), so does a brief 
sign read before a stroke (and its vowel) to which it is Affixed. Again, also, as a 
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KEY TO THE FIRST READEB. 46* 

Hou 1j uj yu ar ! hou mlti and lion fre ! 

Ye ar dhe thingz dhat toner, dhal shin— hmz smil 

Maks glad bwz froun iz toribel — huiz formz, 

Eob'd or unrob'd, dm ol dhe impres w*er 

Ov o divln. Ye gardz ov liberti ! 

I'm widh yu wuns agen. I kol tu yu 

Widh ol my vois ! I hold ml handz tu yu, 

Tu sho dha stil ar fre. I rush tu yu, 

Az dho I kud embras yu I 



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"Wuns mor I bredh dhe mounten a:r, wuns m6r 

I tred ml on fre hilz ! Ml lofti sol 

Throz ol its feterz of ; in its proud flit, 

It's Ilk dhe nu-flejd eght, hiuz strong wing 

Sorz tu dhe sun it long haz gazd upon 

Widh I undazeld O ! ye mlti ras 

Dhat stand Ilk frouning jiants, fixt tu gard 

Mi on proud land ; win did ye not hurl doun 

Dhe thundering avalanch, when at yur fef 



Notes and Questions. — 1st 1. ' mighty.' Why must t in Mighty be expressed by 
Tee, instead of by shortening? A. Because a vowel follows, which could not be 

expressed after t denoted by shortening. 220,5,1. Orth., 3, 1 2d 1. How should 

two concurrent vowels be written when they can not be conveniently diridi 
tween two strokes ? 109. 'shine.' As no vowel follows the », there is oothing t<> 
prevent its being expressed in the briefest way, namely, by a book. Observe that 
generally when a sound has more than one sign, the briefest Bign is use I If it can 
be without interfering with vocalization or some other principle of phonographic 
orthography, 'whose.' If the Old Phonography had had, as Standard PI 
raphy has, a rule for the formation of derivative word-signs tp. 148, K. S . 
would have been written Jedsoid 2 (i. £., 117/0, Jedoid 3 , with the formative r added 
by Iss, the briefest sign), instead of Zee 3 , 'smile.' As no vowel precedes 

should be written with its briefest sign, Iss 3d 1. 'makes. 1 Why should I be 

written after Em Instead of before Kay ? 105,1. 'glad." The briefest expression 
of I is by the El-hook, which every principle permits here . and d may be added t<» 
Gel by shortening, since no vowel follows. ' frown.' The briefest sign for the con- 
sonants of this word is Fren, and as this permits the insertion o\' the vowel i^oiO, it 
should he used, 'terrible.' A briefer expression would bo 'lYr-Hel : hut as Tel 
vould be an inconvenient beginning for Terrify (Tee-Ray-Ef ) and /'< w(Tee- 
Ray-Ray), Tee-Ray-Bel is used, which is analogous to the most convenient Ibrma 
lor Terror and Terrible. Orth. f> ; -l, 8 ; 5, 2. * forms.' The briefest expn w 
Form is Fer-Em; it complies with the second requirement of vocalisation | 
}>, 2), and the requirements o( legibility, and is therefore the best form. All the de- 
rivatives, as Deforniy Reform, Perform^ Inform, Uniform, and / 
written analogously. 



47* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Dhe bas yuzrrper stud ? A tuch— a breth, 
Na, even dhe breth ov praer, ar nou, haz brot 
Destrukshon on dhe hunter'z bed ; and yet 
Dhe tlrant past in saftf. God ov heven ! 
Whaer slept dhi thunderbolts ? 

III. 
O Liberti ! 
Dhou choisest gift ov heven, and wonting which 
LIf iz az nuthing; hast dhou dhen forgot 
Dhi nativ horn"? Must dhe fet ov slavz 
Pol at dliis glorius sen ? It kan not be. 
Even az dhe smil ov heven kan pers dhe depths 
Ov dhez dark kavz, and bid dhe wild flouerz bltum 
In spots whaer man haz never daerd tu tred ; 
So dhi swet influens stil iz stin amid 
DhGz bGtling klifs. Sum harts stil bet for dhe, 
And bou aliv tu heven ; dhi spirit livz, 
ai, and shal liv, when even dhe veri nam 
Ov tirant iz forgot. 

Note* and Questions.— -1st 1. ' stood.' The briefest sign for Stand is Iss-Tend, and 

analogy requires the briefest expression of Stood, Iss-Ted, instead of Steh-Dee 

4th 1. ' past.' Peest can be easily vocalized for Past, and this form should be used 
instead of the longer Pees-Tee. ' safety.' The t of this word can not be expressed 
by halving, because the final vowel could not then be written. 220, &, I ; Orth., 3, 
1 9th 1. 'is as.' How may any circle-signword be added to word-signs termi- 
nating with Iss? to those not terminating with Iss? p. 142, E. 7 10th 1. 'native.' 

How is -tive usually written where it can not be added by a Tiv-hook ? p. 119, R. 9. 

'slaves.' "Why is a written after Slay instead of before Tees ? 105,1 11th. ). 

'glorious.' How may ia, ia, io, iu, etc., be written? A. Either by the separate 
signs of the vowels, in accordance with 109, or, to save making two vowel-signs, by 

the similar ya, ya, yo, yu, etc. 136 12th 1. ' depths.' Why is e written before 

Pee instead of after Dee? 105, 2 13th 1. 'bloom.' Why is 66 written before 

Em instead of after Bel ? 105, 2 14th I. ' dared.' Why is a (=ae) written after 

Dee instead of before Ard ? 105, 1 17th I. ' lives.' Why is T written after Lay 

instead of before Yees ? 105,1. Where are all first-place vowels written when 
occurring between two strokes ? ISth 1. ' name.' Why is a written after En in- 
stead of before Em ? 105, 1. W r here are all long second-place vowels written 
when occurring between two strokes ? 



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KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 4S ;: 

L6 ! wliil I gaz 
Upon dhe mist dhat redhz yon mounten'z brou, 
Dhe sun-bom tuchez it, and it bekumz 
A kroun ov glori on hiz hori lied ; 
O ! iz not dhis a presaj ov dhe don 
Ov fredom 6'r dhe wurld? Her me, dhen, brit 
And beming heven ! Whil noling dhus I vou 
Tu liv fdr Fredom, 6r widh her— tu dl! 

IT. 

! widh whot prld I yuizd 
Tu wok dhez hilz, and luk up tu mi God, 
And bles Him dhat 'twoz so. 'Twoz fre,— 
From end tu end, from klif tu lak, 'twoz fre,— 
Fre az our tdrents ar, dhat lep our roks, 
And plou our valiz, widhout asking lev, 
Or az our peks, dhat waer dhaf kaps ov sno, 
In veri prezens ov dhe regal sun ! 
Hou hapi woz I in it dhen ! I luvd 
Its veri stormz ! Yes, I hav sat and Id 

JS T otes and Questions.— 1st 1. 'gaze.' What is the Corresponding-^tyle rule of 

position for words composed of horizontal consonants only? 52 2d 1. 'mist.' 

Why is this word written above the line, or in the first position ? ' wreathes.' Whal 
is the Corresponding-Style rule of position for wouls having a perpendicular «>r 
sloping letter? 53. The object of the rule with reference to sueh words la 
cure lineality of writing. As the lineality of longhand writing would be injured 
^y commencing the first portion of a script T upon the line, and allowing the de- 
scending portion to run below the line, so would the lineality of phonographic 
writing be marred if, in writing such an outline as Em-Chay. \ou wore to write Km 
on the line, requiring Chay to descend below the line. Hence, in Phonography, as 
in longhand, the horizontal portions should be so written that the first perpendicu- 
lar or sloping portion of the word or letter shall rest upon the line. But lot it ho 
observed that those rules (52 ; 53) apply to Other outlines than word-signs and con- 
tractions, which follow nearly the reporting rule of position. Bead oarofu 

6th l. 'freedom.' What la the Corresponding-Style rale of position ap] 

words whose Brat perpendicular or inclined stroke is a shortened letter) 8 '.'. Why 

is Freedom written in the first position? 'bright.' 'Why i- this \\ord written 

first position v Study and master these throe rules o( position. 



4-9* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

The thunder braking from hiz kloud, and smlld 

Tu se him shak hiz litningz o'r ml hed, 

And think I had no master sav hiz on ! 

YG no dhe juting Mil", round which a trak 

Up hidher windz, huiz bas iz but dhe brou 

Ov such anudher wen, tvidh skanti ruim 

For tin abrest tu pas ? O'rtaken dhaer 

BI dhe mounten blast, I'v lad mG flat along, 

And whil gust folod gust dhe mor furiusli, 

Az if tu swGp mG 6'r dhe horid brink, 

And I hav that ov udher landz, whser stormz 

Ar sumer floz tu dhoz ov min, and just 

Hav wisht mG dhaer— dhe thot dhat min woz fro 

Haz chekt dhat wish, and I hav razd mi hed, 

And krkl in throldom tu that farius wind, 

Bio on ! dhis iz dhe land of Liberti I Kblz. 



Notes and Questions.— 1st 1. ' thunder.' Thend-Eay is the briefest outline for 
this word, is easily vocalized, and all its derivatives and compounds may readily 
be made from it. ' breaking.' Why is a written after Ber instead of before Eay ? 

105, 1. What is the sign for -ing ? ' from his.' 244, E. 3, 5 ; p. 142, E. 7 2d 1. 

' I had.' lis here brought down a little from its natural position, so that JTad may 

be written in its position. 246,1 4th 1. 'round.' Orth., 5, E. 1 and 3. Bead 

carefully, 'a track.' Why is a written before Kay instead of after Ter? 105, 2. 
"Where are all third-place vowels written when occurring between two strokes? 
Ter-Kay being the briefest outline for this word, and conflicting with no principle 
of Phonographic Orthography, must be taken as the best outline. See examples 

of Phonographical parsing iu the Orthographer, Part Y. of the Hand Book 

5th 1. ' brow.' 240, 2 6th 1. ' room.' Why is 66 written before Em and not after 

Ar? 105,2. Where are all third-place vowels written when occurring between 

two consonants? Tth 1. 'along.' 156,2 9th 1. 'as if.' If most depending 

upon its position for legibility,^- is adapted to that position. £43,4. 'sweep.' 

117, 3 Last line. 'This is the land of liberty.' "People of foreign countries 

may say to us— well may they say it— the tree of liberty has been planted on 
American soil, and if the Government only lasts, its branches will spread, and it 
will bear fruit which will be plucked by every human being, until each and all 
shall have tasted the sweets of liberty, and shall sing some joyous song that they, 
too, are a free and independent Government, ruled by no kings, monarchs, auto- 
crats, emperors, or czars." — Maj.-Gen. John A. Logan, at Duquoin, 111., July 31, 1S0-3. 



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KEY TO THE FIEST EEADEJl. 



NATURE THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE. 

Dhe larjer foimz ov animalz, such az ar dfili presented tu us 3 
komparalivli limited, and we ezili komprehend dhe rezon. If dl. 
vcri niimerus, so must be dhar menz ov subsistens. But az onli i 
ten amount ov subsistens kan be glend from a skwa3r mil, under dhe 
most favorabel kondishonz, and dhat amount iz not larj, dhe exi 
ov dhe larjer fdrmz komprlzez extremli limited numberz. But when 
we desend tu entomoloji and konkoloji, we ar konfuzd widh dhe almost 
inumerabel diversitiz ov speshez and varleti. Ov dlie betel, aldn, 
dher hav bin asertand tu be no les dhan 30,000 branchcz. 

Leona-, a French natyuralist, spent several yerz in examining a 
singgel insekt, and left dhe wurk unfinisht, dhus shoing dhe ekseding 
dejikatnes ov dhe struktyur. In dhe bodi ov an insekt, about an inch in 
length, Mosie Strous haz enumerated 300 plats, kompozing dhe strukt- 
yur ov dhe outer envel'op ; 494 muselz, for puting dhez plats in 
moshon ; 24 pserz ov nervz tu animat dhem, and 48 paerz ov trakie 6r 
bredhing organz, ekwali ramifid and divided, tu konva dhe aer and 
sustenans tu dhis komplikated tishu. 

We regard dhe komon hous-fll az a kontemptibel insekt, but hou im- 
portant an objekt ov studi its struktyur iz, kan be lernd from the fakt 
dhat its I iz wun ov dhe most singgyular and kurirsli konstrukted 
mirorz dhat slens haz az yet invented, or studi diskuverd. Dhe I 
in its Iz ar numberd at six or seven thouzand ; in dhe I ov the dia 
fli, 17,000. 

Dhe hous-flfz wing hazapouer ov GOO stroks in a sekond, which kan 
propel it therti-flv fet, whll dhe sped ov a swift ras-hors iz but nlnti 
fet per sekond. 

Kotes and Questions. — lsl l. 'presented. 1 Ted <^r Ded ending ■ pas 
past participle dors not require vocalization. 23d, R. 2, b, 

8th 1. 4 Leonft.' Whal is the phonographic sign for accent ! 7:>. 'natnralta 
accordance with the rule for forming derivative word-signs, El is a i : x 

Natural, and Steh io Natural to add the formative, 
R. 5. 

4tU 1. from bottom. * has as.' p. 1 Iff, R. 7, . 



51* KEY TO THE FIRST HEADER. 

Dhe buti ov dke buterfll iz proverbial, but hou much mdr intens 
shud be our adrnirashon when we lern dhat it iz a thing of 34,000 Iz, 
and dhat on a singgel wing dher hav bin found wun hundred thouzand 
ukalz. Dhe wingz ov meni insekts ar ov such extrem tenuiti, dhat rifti 
thouzand ov dhem plast over ech udhcr wud not kompdz dhe thiknes 
ov a kwarter ov an inch ; and j^et thin az dha ar, ech iz dubel, so dhat 
dhe aktyual lamine her wud be wun hundred thouzand. 

We ofen se in pralz ov woter, smol bits ov eldnggated stro and wud. 
semingli having dhe pouer ov nioshon. Widh whot interest haz siens* 
invested dhez, when we find dhat ech eldnggated tub iz dhe horn ov a 
kadis wurm, which iz ultimatli tu bekum an insekt or fli, such az dhe 
efemeron fli. Dhez wurmz ar expozd tu dhe ravajez ov berdz and 
fishez, and hens dha glu tugedher smol bits ov wud and stro tu mak a 
hous for shelter ; and when dhe fral kasel iz tui bwoiant, dha ad a pes 
ov gravel tu prezerv dhe balans, in order dhat dhe kasel shal not be 
burdensum nor tin bwoiant. 

We regard dhe web ov dhe komon spider az dhe trifling produkt ov 
a disgusting insekt, but it iz an objekt ov intens kuriositi when we 
reflekt dhat ech thred iz kompozd ov for thouzand filaments, and dhat 
for milyonz ov dhez filaments wud not mak a kdrd thiker dhan a sing- 
gel ha3r ov a man'z hed. Anonimus. 



Dhe ostrich wil run swifter dhan dhe fie test hdrs. Sum berdz kan 
dart agenst and thrui dhe advers aerial kurents, and wil mak nerli tra 
milz per minit, shoing dhat dha mlt, if kept in wun k6rs, enkumpas 
dhe erth in les tim dhan iz rekwird for a fast sterner tu kros dhe 
Atlantik. 

Notes and Questions.— 1st 1. l beauty.' Why must the t be expressed by Tee in- 
stead of by halving ? 220, &, 1 ; Orth., 3, 1. ' proverbial.' ya is here used by license 

for ia. 136 10th 1. 'glue.' u is here joined in accordance with 240, 2. How 

should 'glues' be written ? 240, E 14th 1. 'curiosity.' yo is here used for io. 

136. 'reflect.' Why can not the t of this word be expressed by halving? 21T and 
Rem. .. 15th 1. 'of these.' By elevating Of a little from its usual position, TJiese 
is brought into its natural position, and thus Of these is distinguished from Of this 
and Of those. 246,1. 'would not.' Would, in accordance with the usual rul<- of 
phrase-position, determines the position here, and hence Not is brought out of its 
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KEY TO THE tlBSl READER. 52* 



SELF-CULTURE. 

"Evcri person haz tin edyukashonz, wun which lie res'Gvz from udherz, and 
wun, mor important, which he givz tu himself." — Gibon. 

Self-kultyur inklCidz dhe edyukiishon or traning ov ol parts ov a 
ffian'z natyur, dhe fizikal and moral, az wel az dhe intelektyual. Ech 
must be developt, and yet ech must yeld sum thing' tu satisf! dhe klamz 
ov dhe udherz. Kultivat dhe fizikal pouerz exklQsivli, and yu hav an 
athlet or a savaj ; dhe moral dnli,. and yu hav an enthuziast or a 
maniak ; dhe intelektyual onli, and yu hav a dizezd oditi, it ma he a 
monster. It iz dnli bl wlzli traning ol thre tugedhcr dhat dhe kompk't 
man kan be formd. 

Dhe anshents lad grat stres on fizikal traning, and a sound mind in 
a sound bodi woz dhe end which dha profest* tu am at in dhar 
skralz ov kultyur. Dhe Grek techcrz wer pcripatetik, holding dhat 
yung men shud dnli lern whot dha kud lern standing. 

But whll it iz nesesari, in dhe ferst plas, tu sekur dhis solid founda- 
shon ov fizikal helth, it must olsd be obzervd dhat sustain! aplikashon 
iz dhe inevitabel prls which must be pad for mental akwizishonz 
sorts; and it iz az futil tu expekt dhem widhout it, az tu Ink for a 
harvest whaor dhe sed haz not bin son. Dhe rod tu nolej iz fiv tu ol 
hra wil giv dhe labor and dhe studi rekwizit tu gadher it ; nor a 
eni diiikultiz so grat dhat dhe student ov rezolut purpofi ma not efekt- 
yuali surmount and dverkum dhem. It woz wun ov dhe karakto 
expreshonz ov Chaterton, dhat God had sent hiz krC'tyurz into dhe 
wurld widli lirmz long enuf 

This 3ntire article on Self-Culture will repay a thoughtful perusal. It* i: 
tions of Thoroughness, Accuracy, and Application should be observed by phono- 
graphic students; and let it be remembered bj the self-educator, that Phonography 

Once learned is a valuable aid in selt'-improvemem. And to those w] 

nography simply as a means of money-getting, there is commended thi 
4 Low View of Knowledge.' Generally, knowledge besi rewards her i 
tee. A selfish purpose is not as powerful as love of knowledge 



53* KEY TO THE FIEST READER. 

tu rech enithing if dha chraz tu be at dhe trubel. In studi, az in 
bizines, enerji iz dhe grat thing. Dher must be dhe "fervet opus" — 
we must not onli strik dhe Irn whll it iz hot, but strlk it til it iz mad 
hot. JDhe proverb sez, " he hra haz hart haz everything, " he non <iHe, 
non inchande, hra duth not burn duth not inflam. It iz astonishing 
hou much ma be akomplisht in self-kultyur bl dhe enerjetik and dhe 
persevering, hra ar kaerful tu aval dhemselvz ov oportunitiz, and yraz 
up dhe fragments ov spaer tlm which dhe Idel permit tu run tu wast. 
Dhus Ferguson lernd astronomi from dhe hevenz whll rapt in a shep- 
skin on dhe Inland hilz. Dhus Bton lernd mathematiks whll wurking 
az a jurniman gardener ; dhus Dru studid dhe hlest filoson in dhe in- 
tervalz ov kobling shraz ; dhus Miler tot himself jeoloji whll wurking 
az a da-laborer in a kwori. Bl bringing dhar mind tu bser upon nolej 
in its varius aspekts, and kaerfuli yrazing up dhe veri odz and endz ov 
dhar tim, men such az dhez, in dhe veri humblest serkumstansez, recht 
dhe hlest kultyur, and akwird onorabel distinkshon amung dhar felo- 
men. 

Ser Joshyua Renoldz woz so ernest a belever in dhe pouer ov in- 
dustri, dhat he held dhat ol men mlt achev ekselcns if dha wud but 
exerslz dhe pouer ov asidyuus and pashent wurking. He held dhat 
drujeri woz on dhe rod tu jenyus, and dhat dher wer no limits tu dhe 
profishensi ov an artist eksept dhe limits ov hiz on panztaking. He 
wud not belev in whot iz kold inspirashon, but onli in studi and labor. 
il Ekselens," he sed, " iz never granted tu man but az dhe reword ov 
labor." "If yu hav grat talents, industri wil imprrav dhem ; if yu 
hav but moderat abilitiz, industri wil supll dhar derishensi. Nuthing 
iz denld tu wel-direkted labor ; nuthing iz tu be obtand widhout it." 
Ser Fouel Buxton, hra labord in a veri diferent feld, woz an ekwal 
belever 



Notes and Questions.— 5tli 1. 'energetic' The accented vowel of this word 
being second-place, it is written in the second position, that is, with the sloping 
letter resting on the line of writing. 219, 2. ' careful.' How may the advanced 

writer add -ful or -fully to a full-length straight line ? p. 119, It. S 6th 1. ' spare.' 

Why is Ar instead of Bay used in this word ? 152, 2 ; Orth., 5, E. 3, h. 4 idle.' Del 
is the briefest expression of the consonants of this word, and permits the easy 
writing of I (Ihe accented vowel) and the unaccented vowel is easily supplied. 
Dee-Lay is used as the outline of Idol, so as to permit the easy writing of the sec- 
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in dhe pouer ov studi ; and he entertand dhc modest Idea dhat lie kz I 
dm az wel az udher men if he devoted tu dhe pursut dubel dhe tlm 
labor dhat dha did. He plast hiz grat konfiden.s dnli in ordinal i meiiz 
and extraordinari aplikashon. Jenyus, widhout wurk, iz scrtenli a 
dum orakel ; and it is unkwcstyonabli tru, dhat dhe men ov dhe 
jenyus hav invariabli bin found tu 1)6 aiming dhc most ploding, hard- 
wurking, and intent men, dhar chef karaktcristik aparentli konsisting 
simpli in dhar pouer ov laboring mor intensli and efektivli dhan 
udherz. 

Thurones and Akyurasi. 

Thurones and akyurasi ar tra prinsipal points tu be rimd at in studi. 
Fransis Horner, in laing doun riilz for dhe kultivashon ov hiz mind 
and karakter, plast grat stres upon dhe habit ov kontinyuus aplikashon 
tu vrun subjekt for dhe sak ov mastering it thuroli, konfming himself, 
widh dhis objekt, tu but a fu buks, and rezisting widh dhe gratest 
fermnes " everi aproch tu dhe habit ov des'ultori reding." Dhe valyu 
ov nolej tu eni man sertenli konsists not in its kwontiti, but manli in 
dhe gud yrasez tu which he ma apll it. Hens a litel nolej, ov an cxakt 
and perfekt karakter, iz olwaz found mor valyuabel for praktikal pur- 
poses dhan eni extent ov superfishal lcrning. Dhe fraz in komon yma 
az tu "dhe spred ov nolej" at dhis da iz no dout korekt. But it iz 
spred so wldli, and in such thin lacrz, dhat it onli servz tu revel dhe 
mas ov ignorans Hing beneth. Never, perhaps, wer buks mor exten- 
sivli red or les studid, and dhe number iz rapidli inkrcsin:: ov dhoz hui 
no a litel ov everithing, but nuthing Wel. Such redcrz hav not inaptli 
bin llkend tu a serten sort ov pokct-nif which sum pepel kari about 
widh dhem, which, in adishon tu a komon nlf, kontfmz a fil, a chizel, 
a so, a gimlet, a skru-drlvcr, and a pan* ov sizorz, but d] so diminvutiv, 
dhat dhe moment dha ar neded for yuis dha ar found yraslcs. 



j&btes and Qnrxtions.— 1st 1. 'entertained.' What is the siirn for the prefix 
inter-? 228, S. How may similar initial syllables bo represented V 228, Tl. 1. How 
may enter- be represented V Many of the prefix-signs are joined by the ad\ I 
■writer, as is enter- in tliis word? p. 118, R. 10. * modest.' In order to • 
halving principle in this word, the unaccented vowel is omitted, 2 i «', ...... .2d l. 

4 pursuit.' As Per Eb would not be so convenient a form for Pun < bj Pee-B 
is, the derivative Ptinmit) for analogy's wrifce, is written Pee-Ray-SI 
standing Peis-Tee would be quicker and would comply with prinoipl 
izntion. on h., ^ I, teaches thai accordance with the laws ot an 
icquirements of speed. See Orth., 0. 



00 w KEY TO THE FIEST READER. 

Wen ov Ignashius Loycrla's maximz woz, 4 ' He hin cluz wel wun wurk 
at a tlrn, duz mor dhan ol." Bl sprcding our eforts over tiu larj a 
surfas, we inevitabli weken our fors, hinder our progres, and akwlr a 
lial )it ov fitfulnes and inefektiv wurking. Whotever a yrath under- 
taks tu lern, he shud not be suferd tu lev until he kan rech hiz arniz 
round it and klinch hiz handz on dhe udher sld. Dhus he wil lern dhe 
habit ov thuroncs. Lord St. Lenardz wuns komunikated tu Ser Foucl 
Buxton dhe mod in which he had kondukted hiz studiz, and dhus ex- 
pland dhe sekret ov hiz sukses. " I rezolvd, when begining tu red lo, 
tu rnak everithing I akwlrd perfektli ml on, and never tu go tu a sek- 
ond thing til I had entlrli akomplished dhe ferst. Meni ov ml kom- 
petitorz red az much in a da az I red in a wek, but at dhe end ov twelv 
munths, ml nolej woz az fresh az dhe da it woz akwlrd, whll dharz had 
glided awa from rekolekshon." Ser E. B. Lit*on wuns explaning hou 
it woz dhat, whll so fuli engajd in aktiv llf, he had riten so meni buks, 
obzervd, "I kontriv tu din so much bl never dining tin much at a 
tlm. Az a jeneral rul, I hav devoted tu studi not mor dhan thre ourz 
a da, and when Parliment iz siting not olwaz dhat ; but dhen during 
dhoz ourz, I hav given ml hoi atenshon tu whot I woz about. 

Deftnit Objekts in Studi. 

It iz not dhe kwontiti ov studi dhat wun gets thrra, or dhe amount 
ov reding dhat maks a wlz man, but dhe apozitnes ov dhe studi tu dhe 
purposez for which it iz pursiid ; dhe konsentrashon ov dhe mind, -for 
dhe tlm being, upon dhe subjekts under konsiderashon, and dhe habit- 
yual disipiin bl which dhe hoi sistem ov mental aplikashon iz regyu- 
lated. Abernethi woz even ov opinyon dhat dher woz a point ov 
satyurashon in hiz on mind, and dhat if he tuk intu it sumthing mor 
dhan it kud hold, it onli had dhe efekt ov pushing 

Rotes and Questions.— 1st 1. ; does' is here unnecessarily vocalized, for it U a 
derivative from Do (though the vowel is changed), and might properly be written 

by the sign for Do with the formative (s) added by Iss. p. 142, K. 5 4th 1. 

' clencli.' CUnc7i=1i.Ymch, as in the Key, is better 7th 1. ; everything' is written 

as though it were a phrase, as are many other compound words, the first element 
of the compound determining the position, in accordance with 245. * Entirely.' 
Enter 1 was first given by the Hand-Book as a word-sign for Entire. It was writ- 
ten variously in the Old Phonography: Ent-Ar, En-Tee-Ar, but usually En-Tee- 
Kay; and Entirely was usuallv written En-Tee-Eay-Lay or (in the earlier "edi- 
tions") En^-Wer, the present Wer being then used for rl. The Hand-Book first 
showed how to have both Wer and Eel— he hook of the former, small, of the latter, 
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KEY TO THE FIBST READER. 50* 

sumthing cjs out. Speking ov dhe studi ov medinin, he sod, "If a 
man haz a kler idea ov whot be dezlrz tu din, he wil seldom fal in 
sclckting dhe proper menz ov akomplishing it." Dhe nictet pr< 
studi iz dhat which iz kondukted widh a dofinit and jgpesink objekt, o! 
obzervashon, reflekshon, and reding being direktcd upon it for di. 
being. Bl thuroli mastering eni given branch ov riolej, we render it 
much mor valyuabel for yras at eni moment. Hens it iz not enuf 
merli tu hav buks, or tu no whaer tu red up for infonnashoH 
wont it. Praktikal wizdom for dhe purposez ov llf must be karid 
about widh us, and be rcdi for yuis at kol. It iz not sufishent dhat we 
hav a fund lad up at hom, but not a fardhing in dhe pokct : we must 
kari about widh us a stor ov kurent koin ov nolej redi for exchanj on 
ol okazhonz, els we ar aparentii helples when dhe oportuniti for akshon 
okurz. 

Desizhon, Prbmplilud, and Konfidens. 

Desizhon and promptitud ar az rekwizit in self-kultyur az in bizines. 
Dhe groth ov dhez kwolitiz ma be enkurajd bi akustoming yung 
tu rell upon dhar on rcsorsez, leving dhem tu enjoi az much fredom 
ov akshon in erli llf az iz praktikabel. Tin much gidans and restrant 
hinder dhe formashon ov habits ov self-help. Dha ar lik bladerz tid 
under dhe armz ov wun hur haz not tot himself tu swim. Wont ov 
konfidens iz perhaps a grater obstakel tu impruivment dhan iz jei 
imajind. Tru modesti iz kwlt kompatibel widh a du estimat ov wun'z 
on merits, and duz not demand dhe abnegashon ov ol merit. Dho 
dher ar no dout meni konseted personz liiu desev dherj rating 
a fdls figyur befor dhar slferz, dhe wont ov konfidens, dhe -.v6.it ov 
fath in wun'z-sclf, and, konsekwentli, dhe wdnt ov promptitud in 
akshon, iz a defekt ov karakter which iz found tu stand veri much in 
dhe wa ov individyual advansment. It haz bin sod dhat hat the fal- 
yurz in llf arlz from 



Xoies and Questions. — 1st I. c something' is written as though it were a phrase. 
24.5. Anything is Ending, and, for distinction's Bake, Nothing is En-Ith-Ing 
tracted In the Reporting stylo to En-Ith). 4 medicine. 1 The second \ i 
led here, in order to employ the halving principle. 216, a. 'has a.' i 
:i pplios in Joining tho circle io a tick as in joining it to a stroke. 21 
able.' The second vowel is here omitted to secure the ose of halving. S 

Old form for this word was Per-Fet-Bel 8th 1. 'we must.' Ifi determh s 

position of the phrase. 245. So also In the word-signs for Wor 1 . u 
n , will; Wem 1 , MV may. 



57* KEY TO THE FIfiST READER. 

pilling in wun'z hors whil he iz leping. Dr. Jonson wcz akustomd tu 
atribyut ol hiz sukses tu konfidens in hiz on pouerz. It iz, inded, veri 
ofen dhe kas dhat dlie rezon whi so litel iz dun, iz bekoa so litel iz 
atempted — dhat we dm not suksed simpli bekoz we \ ersist in standing 
in our on lit. Wun step out ov dhe wa mit help us, but dhat wen step 
we dtu not tak. 

Aplikdshon. 

Dher iz no wont or dezlr on the part ov most person z at dhis da tu 
arlv at dhe reznlts ov self-kultyur, but dher iz a grat avershon tu pa dhe 
inevitabel prls for it ov hard wurk. Dr. Jonson held dhat " impa- 
shens ov studi woz dhe mental dizez ov the prezent jenerashon ;" and 
dhe remark iz stil aplikabcl. Labor iz stil, and ever wil be, dhe in- 
evitabel prls set upon everithing which iz valyuabel. We must be satis- 
fid ta wurk enerjetikali widh a purpos, and wat dhe rezults widh 
pashens. Bufon haz even sed ov Pashens dhat it iz Jenyus ; dhe pouer 
ov grat men. in hiz opinyon, konsisting manli in dhar pouer ov kon- 
tinyuus wurking and wating. 01 progres ov dhe best kind iz slo ; but 
tu him hui wurks fathfuli and in a rlt spirit, be shur dhat dhe reword 
wil be voucksaft in its on gud tlm. " Kurfij and industri," sez Sharp, 
11 must hav sunk in despa-r, and dhe wurld must hav remand unim- 
pruivd and unornamented, if men had merli kompaerd dhe cfekt ov a 
singgel strok ov dhe chizel widh dhe piramid tu be razd, or ov a sing- 
gel impreshon ov dhe spad widh dhe mounten tu be leveld." We 
must kontinyuusli apli ourselvz tu lit pursuts, and we kan not fal tu 
ad vans stedili, dho it ma be unkonshusli. Bl degrez, dhe spirit ov 
stri exerslzd in dhe komon formz ov edyukashon wil be transferd 
hi objekts ov grater digniti and mor extensiv yuisfulnes. And stil we 
must wurk on, for dhe wurk ov self-kultyur iz never finisht. "Tube 
emploid," sed dhe poet Gra, " iz 

Notes and Questions.— 7th 1. 'disease.' "What is the vowel of Ses unvocalized ? 

65. How may other vowels than e be indicated ? See ' consist' in 10th 1 11th 1. 

'in their.' What words may be added by lengthening a curve? 211 14th 1. 

' merely.' A word-sign when it takes a formative to form a derivative, as Jfere 
here takes Lay to form Merely^ does not lose its primitive position, for upon that 
its legibility, in a great measure, depends. Merely is J/eW-Lay, aud not Mer- 

Lay\ 261, E. 2 15th 1. ' effect.' Why can not Kay after Ef be shortened to adi 

tt 217 and E. 'stroke.' How is >' implied in this word ? 171,1 2d 1. from bot 

' usefulness.' The Old form was Es 3 -Fel-Ens. The sign for -fulness originated 
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tu bS hapi." "It iz beter tu wrer out dhan rust out," Bed Bishop 
Kumberland. 

It iz a mark ov a short-sited laborer tu bo impashent ov grdth. It 
must sho itself in a scnsibel form, and almost at wens tu satisf! hirn. 
Lfk litel children, eger tu se dhar sedz grding, he wil x>ul hiz plants up 
tu se whot progres dha ar making, and so kil dhem. But man, hta 
plants and soz, must wat in pfishens and in fath — fath in dhe bounti- 
ful spring, and sumer, and otum which wil folo, lie must sumiimz 
even kontent himself widh dhe that dhat hiz children slial enjoi dhe 
frdts. Sum yung men, in wun ov ,La Fontaine's fabelz, ridikul an old 
patriark ov for skor engajd in planting an avenu ov yung trez. Dhe 
yuidhz told him he wud not liv tu se dhem az hi az hiz hod. " Wei," 
replld dhe ajed wurker, " whot ov dhat ? If dhar shad [shod] afdrd 
me no plezhur, it ma aford plezhur tu mi children, and even tu yui ; 
and, dhasrior, dhe planting ov dhem afordz me plezhur." 

Self-kullyur dhe Best Kidtyur. 

Dhe hlest and most efektiv kultyur ov ol rezolvz itself intu self- 
kultyur. Dhe edyukashon resevd at skml and kolej iz but a bCgining, 
and iz manli valyuabel in so far az it tranz us in dhe habit ov kon- 
tinyuus aplikashon, and enabelz us tu edyukat ourselvz alter a definit 
plan and sistem. Tu enabel dhe mind freli tu exerslz its pouerz, it iz 
nesesari, even under the most thuro sistem ov edyukashon, dhat dher 
shud be okazhonal gaps for its fire operashon. Dhus left in sum 
mezhur tu find out whot it kan diu and whot it kan not dm, it wil 
gan in strength and aktiviti, and dhe evilz arizing from tin en; 
pendens on dhe techingz ov uclherz wil be in a grat degre av 
Ofen dhe best edyukashon ov a man iz dhat which he giva himself 
whil engajd in dhe aktiv pursuts ov praktikal lit, Dhe sunk 
Triniti Kolej, Dublin, lnu kold upon wun ov hiz techera 

Kotes and Questions. — 1st I. • to wear.' Observe that the second-place In i 
in the use of the twelve-vowel scheme (47) represents two vowels— as at in «///=ul, 
and ai In <n'r=w,r. The different uses are distinguished the same as we distinguish 
between the different uses, in the ordinary spelling, of a as in <//<■ and in • 
in fail and fair, acnry= uftri and/d/V// =fteri. Our knowledge of words 
to distinguish in these casts. So in Phonography. § 44 shows us how 
between ft and re, e and e, a and a, or o and o, when one sign is used for the two 

vowels 2d 1. ' ii is a.' 27, 4 applies to joining the circle in such a 

as when the two lines are consonant-signs. To turn the circle on th 
write a backward is awkward ; or to the right, would iniph an Ar ha I 

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KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

told him dhat he woa - '.he ymnh . z he had 

i-ht hiz edyukashor. Hi rebiikt bi dlie remark ov dh 

"Ihded! I am onli begmtng min. M Pal z intu wun's hi 

dai dhe he eni mor dhan pating thingz intu ales it 

re&kt upon dhem. mak dhem its On. and turn dhem tu akount. •• It 
•n Lok. "tu kram oniselvz widh lod ov 

kolekshonz : unles we chu dhem over agon, dha wil no: 

and nurishment." Dhat which iz put intu us bl rdherz iz olw 
it od dhan dhat which we akwlr bl our on dilijcnt and per^ 
::. Nolej konkerd bi konz a pozeshon — a properti 

entlrli our on. . _ r vividnes and peraianensi ov impreshon iz 
sekurd. and fakts dhus akwlrd bekum iviisterd in dhe mind in 
dhat mer imparted inform ashon kan never produs. Dhis kind <; 
kiTtyur also kolz forth pouer and kultivats strength. Dhe self- 
shon ov wrn problem helps dhe masteri ov anudher. and dhi 

intu fakrlti. Our on aktiv erort iz dhe esenshal thing : and no 
fasilitiz.no bnk£ .mount ov lesoni lernd bl rot 

1 us tu dispens widh it. Such a spirit infui — k-kultyur 

givz berth tu a living g , which insplrz widh purpos dhe hoi man, 

sing a distinkt stamp upon dhe mind, and aktivli prom 
forniiishon ov prinsipelz and kabitudz ov kondukt. 

Dhe best tCcherz hav bin prompt tu rtkognlz dhe imj 
self-kultyur, and ov stimyulating dhe ^: to akrstom himself 

tu akwir nolej bl dhe aktiv exershon ov hiz on fakrltiz. Dha hav 
relid mor upon turning dhan upon teling. and sot tu mak dhar | 
dhemselvz aktiv partiz tu dhe wurk in which dha wer engajd. dhus 
making teching sumthing far hier dhan dhe mer pasiv res 

- and dGtalz ov nolej. Dhis woz dhe spirit in which dh-. 
Dr. Arnold wurkt ; ht strov tu tech hiz pupilz tu rell upon dhemselvz, 

• and Questions.— 1st 1. 'beginn! _ - b ngle subscript line re- 
quired to be M Tth 1. * conquered." How may ^on=l'on<j be repre- 

:h reference to Eshon. 
1 read when written eiiher before or after '? A. Bl: 
Q. Then what is the purpose of writing a vowel oft r Eshon? . 

ond- or third-place vowel, as may be required ; while wr _- sig - 

:-rst-place vowel. TVhenEsl: - to a hook, there being but on 

I to write a vowel, vowels of whatever place have to be written there ... 

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and tu develop dhar on poucrs ; himself nierli giding, direkting, 
Btimyulating, and enkurajing dhem. "I wud far radher," he 
" send a boi tu Van Demen'z Land, whajr he must wo k for hiz bred, 
dhan send him tu Oxford tu liv in luxyuri, widhout eni dezlr in hiz 
mind tu aval himself ov hiz advantajez." " If dhcr be wun thing on 
erth," he obzervd on anudher okazhon, " which iz truli admirabel, it 
iz tu se God'z wizdom blcsing an inferioriti ov natyura] pouerz when 
dha hav bin onestli, truli, and zelusli kultivated." Speking ov a 
pupil ov dhis karakter, he scd, " I wud stand tu dhat man hat in 
hand." Wuns at Lfilham, when teching a radher del boi, he spdk 
sumwhot sharpli tu him, on which dhe pupil lukt up in hiz fas and 
sed, " Win dux yu spek so anggrili, scr ? Inded, I am during dhe 
1 kan." Yerz afterward, Arnold yiuzd tu tel dhe stori tu hiz children, 
and aded, " I never felt so much in ml lif : dhat luk and dhat spech I 
hav never forgoten." 

Nolej and Wizdom. 

Dher iz no mdr personal merit ataching tu dhe pozeshon ov natyural 
superior intelektyual pouerz dhan in dhe sukseshon tu a larj estat. It 
iz dhe yras which iz mad ov dhe wun az ov dhe udher which komsti- 
tuts dhe onli just klam tu respekt. A grat fund ov nolej ma be 
akumyulated widhout eni purpos, and dho a sors ov plezhur tu dhe 
pozesor, it ma be ov litel yuis tu eni wun els. It iz not mei literal i 
kultyur dhat maks a man ;, for it iz posibel tu hav red meni bukfi 
w r aded thrui meni slensez, and yet tu pozes no sound intelektyual dis- 
iplin ; whll udherz, widhout skolastik kultyur, ma, bl dhe dilijent 
excrslz ov dhar jujment and obzervashon, hav akwlrd eminent mental 
vigor. 

An ofen kwoted expreshon at dhis da iz dhat u Nolej iz pouer," but 
so olso ar 

Notes and Questions,— 1st 1. 'guiding.' Guide might be written with God, but 
as in reading unvocalized rhonography Guide and God, if both were written 
Ged 1 , would be confusible, Guide is written Gay-Dee, and, of COim . I 

should be written analogously. 9th 1. Ar is used for r following an initial v,.v o! 

when it can be conveniently written, and sometimes in derivative words, '." 
Ogy'a lake, even when Kay would be more eonvenient, as in /A 
Beareihy Ar-lih : but in primitive words, as Arnold^ I 
Ofled if more convenient than Ar forjnnelion with the following letter. 



61* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

fanatisizm, and despotizm, and ambishon. Nolcj ov itself, unles wizli 
direkted, mit merli mak bad men mdr danjerus, and dho sosieti in 
which it woz regarded az dhe hlest gud litel beter dhan a pandemonium. 
Nokj must be alld tu gudnes and wizdom, and embodid in uprit karak- 
ter, els it iz not. ,Pestalozzi even held intelektyual trailing bi itself tu 
be pernishus, insisting dhat dhe ruts ov ol nolej must strik and fed in dhe 
soil ov dhe relijus, ritli-guvernd wil. Dhe akwizishon ov nolej ma, it 
iz tru, protekt a man agenst dhe mener feloniz ov lif ; but not in eni 
degre agenst its selfish visez, unles fortifld hi sound prinsipelz and 
habits. Hejis dm we find in dali lif so meni instansez ov men hui ar 
wel-infdrmd in intelekt, but uterli deformd in karakter, fild widh dhe 
lerning ov dhe skmlz, and yet pozesing litel praktikal wizdom, and 
ofering exampelz radher for worning dhan imitashon. 

Dhe pozeshon ov a llbrari, or dhe fre yras ov it, no mor konstitutg 
lerning dhan dhe pozeshon ov welth konstituts jenerositi. Dhe poze- 
shon ov dhe mer material z ov nolej iz sumthing veri diferent from 
wizdom and understanding, which ar recht thnu a hler kind ov disi- 
plin dhan dhat ov reding. 

" Nolej dwelz 
In hedz replet widh thots ov udher men ; 
Wizdom, in mlndz atentiv tu dhar on. 
Nolej, a rud unprofltabel mas, 
Dhe mer materialz widh which wizdom bildz, 
Til smludhd and skwaerd, and fited tu its plas, 
Duz but enkumber huim it semz tu enrich." 

Dhe multitud ov buks which modern rederz wad thrm ma produs 
distrakshon az much az kultyur, 



Jfotes and Questions. — 1st 1. ' despotism.' What vowel is omitted from this 

word? A. I. Q. Why? A. To allow of shortening to add t. 216, a ; 239 

2d 1. ' highest.' 146, It. 3 3d 1. ' must be.' In what cases may t be omitted ? 

236, 3. Why, in this phrase, is he taken out of its separate position ? A. Because 
Must, in accordance with the general rule of phrase-position, determines the posi- 
tion. 245. ' goodness,' a derivative word-sign, is formed, in accordance with the 
rule, by adding, by En-Iss, the formative -ness. p. 145, R. 5. 'embodied.' Why is 
Ded written above the line ? 219, 1 4th 1. ' intellectual.' What consonant is omit- 
ted from this word ? 236, 4, and example L. Give some other words from which I 
is omitted. A Intelligent, Ent-Jent 2 ; Intelligence, Ent-Jens 2 ; Knowledge, En- 
Jay 2 , i. e., Inte\)-ent, Inte^j-ence, Ko'j 11th I. ' constitutes.' Why is thia word 

written above the line? A. In accordance with 219, 1, its accented syllable, con 
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dhe proses leving no mor definit impreshon upon dhe mind dhan 
gazing thrra dhe shifting formz ov a kalrdoskop duz upon dhe I. 
Reding iz ofen but a mer pasiv resepshon ov udher men'z thots, dher 
being litel or no aktiv efort ov dhe mind in dhe transakshon. Dhen 
hou much ov our reding iz but dhe induljens ov a sort ov literari epi- 
kurizm, or intelektyual dram-drinking, imparting a gratful eksitment 
for dhe moment, widhout dhe slltest efekt in impruiving and enrich- 
ing dhe mind or bilding up dhe karakter. Dhus meni indulj dhem- 
selvz in dhe konset dhat dha ar kultivating dhar mlndz, when dha ar 
onli emploid in dhe humbler okyupashon ov Idling tlm, ov which, 
perhaps, dhe best dhat kan be sed iz dhat it merli keps dhem from 
during* wurs thingz. 

Mr. Karlil, when aplld tu bl a yung frend for advls az tu dhe buks 
he woz tu red, rot tu him az foloz : "It iz not bl buks alon, nor bi 
buks chefli, dhat a man bekumz in ol parts a man. Studi tu dra fath- 
fuli whotsoever thing in yur aktyual sityuashon, dhocr and nou, yu 
find edher expresli or tasitli. lad tu yur charj ; dhat iz yur post ; stand 
tu it Ilk a tru. soldyer. A man perfekts himself bl wurk much mor 
dhan bi reding. Dha ar a groing kind ov men dhat kan wlzli kombln 
dhe tui thingz — wlzli, ^alyantli kan dui whot iz lad tu dhar hand in 
dhar prezent sfer, ard prepaer dhemselvz widhol for daring wider 
thingz, if such II bef'r dhem." 

It iz olso tu be born in mind dhat dhe experiens gadhered from 
buks, dho ofen valyuabel, iz but ov dhe natyur ov Uming, whaeraz dhe 
experiens gand from aktyual llf iz ov dhe natyur ov wizdom, and a 
smol stor ov dhe later iz wurth vastli mor dhan eni stok ov dhe former. 
Lord Bolingbrok truli sed dhat u Whotever studi tendz nedher direktli 
nor indirektli tu mak us beter men and sitizenz iz at best but a speshus 
and injenyus sort ov idelnes, and dhe nolej we akwlr bl it onli a kred- 
itabel kind ov ignorans and nuthing mor." 



Notes and Questions. — 1st 1. 'process.' "Why is not S written in the large circle? 
A, Because the circle of itself represents a syllable (««ft, 06ft, ft**, or im) containing ' 
the vowel e. 'kaleidoscope.' The unaccented vowel (289, 2) is omitted hei . - i 

that (/ may be expressed by shortening 2d 1. ' of other men's.' Why is I •'" hero 

brought down from its separate position ? A, So that Other may be in Its p - 
246, 1. 'being.' Why is it not necessary to vocalize this word ? .1. Because 
derivative from the sign-word 7>c, and all that is required to make BttmQ is to add 
to Bee 2 , for Be, the formative Ing. 



63* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Yuisful and instruktiv dho gud reding ma be, it iz j T et onli wun mod 
ov kultivating dhe mind, and iz much les influenshal dlian praktikal 
experiens and gud exampel in dhe formashori ov karakter. Dher wer 
wlz, valyant, and tru-harted men bred in Inggland long befor dhe ex- 
istens ov a reding publik. Magna Karta woz seku:*d bi men hm sind 
dhe ded widh dhar mark. Dho »ltugedher unskild in dhe art ov de- 
sifering dhe literari slnz bi which prinsipelz wer denominated upon 
paper, dha yet understud and apreshiated, and boldli kontended for 
dhe thingz dhemselvz. Dhus dhe found ashonz ov Ingglish liberti wer 
lad bi men hxn, dhd iliterat, wer neverdheles ov dhe veri hlest stamp 
ov karakter. And it must be admited dhat dhe chef objekt ov kultyur 
iz, not merli tu fil dhe mind widh udher men'z thots, and tu be dhe 
pasiv resipients ov dhar impreshonz ov thingz, but tu enlarj our indi- 
vidyual intelijens, and render us mor yuisful and efishent wurkerz in 
dhe sfer ov llf tu which we ma be kold. 

Disiplin ov Llf aiid Akshon. 

It iz not hou much a man ma no dhat iz ov so much importans az 
dhe end and purpos for which he noz it. Dhe objekt ov nolej shud be 
tu matur wizdom and impruxv karakter, tu render us beter, hapier, 
and mor yuisful — mor benevolent, mor enerjetik, and mor efishent in 
dhe pursiit ov everi hi purpos in llf. We must ourselvz be and dux, and 
not rest satisfid merli widh reding and meditating over whot udher 
men hav riten and dun. Our best lit must be mad llf, and our best 
thot akshon. Dhe humblest and lest literat must tran hiz sens ov 
duti, and akustom himself tu an orderli and dilijent llf. Dho talents 
ar dhe gift ov natyur, dhe hlest vertyu ma be akwird bi men ov dhe 
humblest abilitiz, thrui kasrful self-disiplin. At lest we ot tu be abel 
tu sa, az Kicter did, "I hav mad az much out ov mlself az kud be mad 
ov dhe stuf, and no man shud rekwlr mor." It iz 

Kotes and Questions.— %& 1. ' long.' 156, 2. El is here used to avoid the angle 
which would be required with the use of Lay. But for that, Lay would be em- 
ployed, as usually, for initial 1 4th 1. ' altogether.' In accordance with the per- 
mission of 229, the word-sign for All is used for the prefix al = vl in Altogether. 
This word was formerly written Bedoid ] :Gay 2 , but there is nothing to prevent join- 
ing the letters. 229, E. 1. What is the position of word-signs when used as prefix- 
aigns ? 229 R. 1. What one may be adapted tc the position of the remainder of 
the word ? 



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even man'z ddti tu disiplin and gid himself, widh God'z help, akOrding 
tu biz responsibiliiiz, and dhc fakultiz he iz endoud widh. OHded bl 
dhe gud exampel and dhe gud wurks ov udherz, wS must yet rell 
manli upon our on inward eforts, and bild upon our on foundashonz 



Self- Disiplin and Self -Respekt. 

Self-disiplin and self kontrol ar dhe beginingz ov praktikal wizdom, 

and dhcz must hav dhar rut in self-rcspckt. Hop springz from it- 
hop, which iz dhe kompanyon ov pouer, and dhe mudhei i 
for, huiso hops strongli haz widhin him dhe gift ov mirakelz. Dhc 
humblest mil sa, "Tu respekt miself, tu develop mlself — dhis iz ml tru 
duti in lit". An integral and rcsponsihel part ov dhe grat astern ov 
sosleti, I 6 tu sosieti and tu its othor not tu degrad nor destroi ml 
bodi, mind, nor instinkts. On dhe kontrari, I am bound tu dh» 
ov ml pouer tu giv dhoz parts ov ml natyur dhe hlest degre ov perfek- 
shon posibel. I am not onli tu supres dhe evil, but tu evok dhe - 
elements in ml natyur. And az I respekt ml on natyur, bo am I 
ekwali bound tu respekt udherz, az dha on dhar part ar bound tu 
respekt me." Hens mutyual respekt, justis, and order, ov which lo 
bekumz dhe riten rekord and garante. 

Self-respckt iz dhe noblest garment widh which a man ma klodh 
himself — dhe most elevating feling widh which dhe mind km be 
insplrd. Wun ov Pithagoras'ez wizest maximz, in hiz Golden V 
iz dhat in which he enjoinz dhe pupil tu " reverens himself." Born 
up bl dhis hi Idea, he wil not defil* hiz bodi bl senshualiti. nor hiz 
mind bl servil thots. Dhis sentiment karid intu dali Iff, wil b€ found 
at dhe rut ov ol dhe vertyuz — klenlines, sobrieti, chastiti, moraliti, 
and rclijon. "Dhe plus and just onoring ov ourselvz, M said Milton, 



Notes and Questions.— 2d 1. 'guided.' Why is Ded of this word written in the 
first position, i. e, above the line? 210, 1. When the first or only sloping or p r- 
pendicular consonant of a word is half-length, where is that stroke written 
accented vowel of the word is first-place? Where, if the accented rowd (fl - - 
ond- or third-place V. . . ,8d I. Where should Bled for Build he written ? 1:' 
the line, i.e., in the first position, why? Where should Bend for B 

ten? It'on the line, why? Why should [-Eat for UightBt he writ! 

Why should Bend for /;< nd ho written on the line? Where should b* i 
first letter (Let) of Little f Of Lately f 



65* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

11 ma be thot dhc radikal moistyur and founten-hed from whens everi 
lodabel and wurdhi enterprlz ishfiz forth." Tu think menli ov wun'z- 
self iz tu sink in wun'z on estimashon az wel az in dhe estimashon ov 
udherz, and az dhe thots ar, so wO dhe akts be. A man kan not liv a 
hi llf hni grovelz in a moral sfier ov hiz on thots. He kan not asplr 
if he luk doun ; if he wil rlz, he must luk up. Dhe veri humblest ma 
be sustand bi dhe proper induljens ov dhis feling, and poverti itself 
ma be lifted and llted up bi self-respekt. It iz truli a nobel sit tu se a 
puir man hold himself uprlt amid ol hiz temptashonz, and refiiz tu 
demen himself hi lo akshonz. 



Xolej iz Pouer. 

It iz not nesesari dhat we shud insist on dhe yinsez ov nolej az a 
menz ov " geting on" in llf. Dhis iz olredi sufishentli tot bi obvius 
self-interest ; and it iz begining tu be priti jenerali understud dhat 
self-kultyur iz wun ov dhe best posibel investments ov tlm and labor. 
In eni lln ov lif, intelijens wil enabel a man to adapt himself mor 
redili tu serkumstansez, sujest tu him impriuvd methodz ov wurk, and 
render him mor apt, skild, and efektiv in ol respekts. He hui wurks 
wiclh hiz hed az wel az hiz handz, wil kum tu luk at hiz bizines widh 
a klerer I, and he wil bekum konshus ov inkresing pouer, perhaps dhe 
most chering konshusnes dhe human mind kan cherish. Dhe pouer 
ov self-help wil gradyuali gro, and in proporshon tu a man'z self- 
respekt wil he be armd agenst dhe temptashon ov lo induljensez. 
Sosleti and its akshon wil be regarded widh kwlt a nu interest, hiz 
simpathiz wil widen and enlarj, and he wil be direkted tu wurk for 
udherz az wel az for himself. 



Notes and Questions.— -1st I. 'moisture.' 239, 2 2d 1. ' meanly.' 239, 2. ' esti- 
mation.' Why does Est rest on the line ? 219, 2. ' of others.' Of is here brought 
a little below its separate position so that Others may also be in its position. So 
long as a word of the first position is above the line of writing— that is, does not 
come down to the line— it is in the first position. This permits elevating and de- 
pressing a word of the first position so as to allow a following joined word to occupy 
its position also. Both words occupying their position, the phrase is more legible 
than it would be otherwise. But observe that it would not be convenient to raise 
and depress such words as By, Bee 1 , Each, Chay 1 , but only horizontal words, or 
dash or tick word-signs, as Bedoid 1 , All, Chetoid 1 , On. 246. The former signs, in 
their n&mral position, are too near the line to admit practically of depression, and 
raising them sufficiently for any purpose of distinction would be inconvenient, r.ad 
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Self-kultyur ma not, houevcr, end in eminens, such az wfi hav brSfli 
deskrlbd in dhe nQmerus ilustrius instanscz ov self razd individyualz 
abuv-sited. Dhe grat majoriti ov men in ol tlmz, houevcr enlltend, 
must ncsesarili be engajd in dhe ordinari avokashonz ov industri, and 
no degre ov kultyur which kan be konferd upon dhe komuniti wil 
enabel dhem — even wer it dezlrabel, which it iz not — tu get rid ov dhe 
dali wurk ov sosleti, which must be dun. But dhis, we think, ma also 
be akomplisht. We kan elevat dhe kondishon ov labor bi ailing it tu 
nobel thots, which konfer a gras upon dhe loliest az wel az dhe hiest 
rank ; for, no mater hou puir or humbel a man ma bo, dhe grat 
thinker ov dhis and udher daz ma kum in and sit doun widh him, and 
be hiz kompanyon for dhe tl-m, dho hiz dweling be dhe menest hut. 
It iz dhus dhat dhe habit ov wel-direkted reding ma bekum a son ov 
dhe gratest plezhur and self-impruivment, and exerslz a jentel ko»:r- 
shon, widh dhe most benefisent rezult, over dhe hoi tenor ov a man'z 
karakter and kondukt. And even dho self-kultyur ma not bring 
welth, it wil, at ol events, giv us dhe gud kompani ov elevated thots. 
A nobelman wuns kontemptyuusli askt ov a saj, " Whot hav yu got 
bi ol yur filoson V "At lest I hav got sosleti in miself," woz dhe wlz 
man'z repli. 

But meni ar apt tu fel despondensi, and tu bekum diskurajd in dhe 
wurk ov self-kultyur, bekoz dha dui not " get on" in dhe wurld bo fast 
az dha think dha dezerv tu dui. Having planted dhar akorn, dha ex- 
pert tu se it gro intu an ok at wuns. Dha hav, perhaps, lukt upon 
nolej in dhe lit ov a marketabel komoditi, and ar konsekwentli mor- 
tifid bekoz it duz not sel az dha expekted it wud dm. 

Notes and Questions. — 1st '1. ' self-culture/ How might yu = yoo have been writ- 
ten otherwise than through Tcr ? 1G9, 4. Why is it written through Ter ? ' emi- 
nence.' The briefest expression of the consonants of this word is Men-Kns ; and 
since this form fulfills all the other requirements of phonograph ie orthography, 
it must be taken as the best outline. The Ohl outline was Em-En-Ens. ' described.' 
What consonant is omitted in the engraved form of this word 1 171, B. 

Examplo R lGth 1. ■ and to.' The engraving here Illustrates a '' 

what is generally an easy practical distinction between Ticks and 
Dash is louger than a Tick. A good phonographer without apparent eflbrl 
guishes one from the other by lengthy though it is by do means Decea 
bility to do so. With the proper standard for a full length, you may readih 
guish from it the Half Laiythv, the Daslus (QuarUr I 
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57* KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 

Lo Vu ov Nolej. 

Tu regard self-kultyur edher az a menz ov geting past udherz in dhe 
wtjrld, or ov intclektyual disipashon and amuzment radher dban az a 
pouer tu elevat dhe karakter and expand dhe spirityual natyur, iz tu 
pi as it on a veri lo level. It iz doutles most onorabel for a man tu 
labor tu elevat himself and tu beter biz kondisbon in sosleti, but dhis 
iz not tu be dun at dbe sakriflz ov himself. Tu mak dhe mind dhe 
mer druj ov dhe bodi iz puting it tu a veri servil yuis ; and tu go about 
whining and bemoning our pitiful lot bekoz we fal in acheving dhat 
sukses in lif which, after ol, dependz radher upon habits ov indcstri 
and atenshon tu bizines detalz dhan upon nolej, iz dhe mark ov a smol, 
and ofen ov a sour mind. Such a temper kan not beter be delt widh 
dhan in dhe wurdz ov Robert Southi, hui dhus rot tu a frend bra sot 
biz kounsel : "I wud giv yu advls if it kud be ov yras, but dher iz no 
kuring dhoz hni chmz tu be dizezd. A gud man and a wlz man ma at 
timz be anggri widh dhe wurld, at tlmz grevd for it, but be shiir no 
man woz ever diskontented widh dhe wurld, if he did hiz duti in it. 
If a man ov edyukashon, hra haz helth, Iz, handz, and lezhur, wonts 
an objekt, it iz onli bekoz God Olmlti haz bestod ol dhoz blesings upon 
a man lira duz not dezerv dhem." Samyuel Sniilz. 



Dhe teleskop ov Galile-o woz but wun inch in diameter, and magni- 
fid objekts but therti tlmz. Yet widh dhis smol instrument, he dis- 
kuverd dhe fas ov dhe mran tu be ful ov inekwolitiz, Ilk mountens 
and valiz ; dhe spots on dhe sun ; dhe fazez ov Venus ; dhe satellts ov 
Jupiter ; and thouzandz ov nii stars in ol parts ov dhe hevenz. It iz 
sed dhat dhe orijinal teleskop konstrukted bi Galileo is stil prezervd 
in dhe British Muzium. A pignii, inded, in its wa, but dhe oncrd 
l)rojenitor ov a ras ov jiants. Burii. 

Notes and Questions.— -1st 1. 'intellectual.' Wbat consonant is omitted here? 
236, 4, Example L. Why is & put nearer El than yoo is ? 99. See * power' in 2d 

line 2d 1. ' spiritual.' 221, R. 2 ; p. 142, R. 5 3d 1. ' doubtless.' Els is here 

used instead of Lays, in order to permit the insertion of ou. Orth. 8, 2. This is a 
violation of Analogy for the greater requirement of Vocalization and Speed. In 
the Reporting Style, where the position (pet 3 ) compensates for focalizatiou, Lays 
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A PRAYER IN SUMMER. 

Fadher, mi sad sol iz praing 

Its most fervent praer « 

Veri sdft-brt Dhou wilt her it 

Part dlie perfumd aer, — 
Fdr I no bl dhis grat glori, 

Dhou art everiwhaer? 

01 dhe biiti-kloudz dhat hold Dh<2 

Tn dhaer buuzomz whit — 
01 dlie halo ov dhe hevenz, 

St-rkling Dhe widh lit— 
Kan not hid Dhe, ml Fadher, 

From ml ter-dimd sit ;— 

For I se Dhl gratnee glding 

01 dhe litning'z pouerz ; 
And Dhl gudve*, filing, foling, 

"VVidh dhe sumcr shouerz ; 
And Dhl tendernes upgushing 

Thriu dhe bluim ov flouerz ;— 

And I kan not help adoring, — 

Kan not if I wild ; 
And I kan not sCs tu wurship 

Such inflnitud ; 
And I kan not chmz but luv Dhe, 

Butiftil, ol-gud ! 

0, it sSmetfa T kan never, 

Never luv Dhe mor ! 
But I no I shal kep luving 

Beter dhan bsffcr, 
Thriu dlie BUmeR dhat ar kurning 

When dhis pasoth OV ; — 



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Thrm dhe blisful sumcrz krming— 

Even nou so rl — 
I kan o]mos< so dhem bluiming 

Thrui dhe prrpel ski. — 
I kan almost sO" dhem bluiming 

Widh mi mortal I. 

"When dhC-z flouerz turn pal widh dling, 

And dhar Kfvz wax old. — 
"When dhe s'iiing winter kumeth, 

"SVidh its frost and kold. — 
T&k me, tak me. O. mi Fadher, 

Tu dhe rper fold ! 

Send tu me ml swet-broud aujelz, 

Thriu dhe amber dor ; 
Let me her dhar whit fet pater 

O'r dhe star-jemd flor ; 
I hav herd dhem thrm mi sobing 

Meni a tim bef&r— 

Sins dha went awa so hapi. 

(0. dhoz ehildhud timz !) 
Sins dha went awa so hapi, 

Past dhe ehrrch-bel chimz, 
Thrm dhe krimzon-fluded sunset, 

Tu seren-er klimz, — 

Tu dhe shor wbner gref "s blak biloz 

Never brak and r61. — 
Whaer no kanker-wr-rm ov soro 

ets intu dhe sol, 
Thrm dhe bating brest dhat barz it 

From its yernd-for gol. 

Fadher. I hav gron so weri ! 

I am sik wi.lh wo ; 
I wud wok dhe kwiet pathwa 

"vYha?r dhe tlrd wrnz go, 
I wud shut dhe dor ov amber 

On dhe dark— belo ! 



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must be adopted instead of the Old outline. Em-Pet-El. See Examples of Ortho- 
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KEY TO THE FIRST READER. 70* 

I wud ship awii ml anggwish, 

Berid dep In flouerz ; 
I wud wiik amung ml ftnjelz, 

In Elizfaan bouerz,— 

In the wild wudz ov dhe blcsed, 
Far awii from ourz ! 

Kat K r. llil 



HONEST POVERTY. 

Iz dhaer, for onest poverty 

Who hangz hiz bed, and o' dh<it? 
Dhe kouard slav wo pas him bi, 
We dor bS puir for o' dhat. 
For o' dhat, and o 1 dhut, 

Our toil'z obskur, and o' dhat, 
Dhe rank iz but dhe giiri stamp, 
Dlie man'z dhe goud for o' dhat. 

Whot dho on hamli fa?r we din, 
Wajr hoden gra, and o' dhat; 
Gc fuilz dhftr selks, and nftvz dbar win, 
A man'z a man for a' dhat. 
For o' dbat, and a' dhat, 

Dhar tinsel sb6, and o' dhat, 
Dhe onest man, dho iir Be puir, 
Iz king o' men for o' dhat. 

Tu so yon berki ko'd a ldrd, 

Who struts and atterz, and o' dhat, 
Dho hundred z wurship nt hiz wurd 
IIo'z but a kiuf for o' dhat. 
Fdr o' dhat, and o' dhat, 

Hiz riband, star, and •>' dhat. 

Dhe man ov Independent mind, 

IIS Inks and lafs at o' dhat. 



Jfofe-t and Question*. — 1st col., Oth 1. l obscure.' What Is Implied by turn ■ 
circle on the right-hand side of Bee? 171,8; 178 11th L l manV v 

to show the Scottish pronunciation, namely, with a instead ^l' :•• 

' elyslan.' Why Is the hook made heavy ?... ,18th 1. 'he's. 1 if Hi 

Vocalized it would bo road //< ft, 



KEY TO THE FIKST EEADER. 

A prins kan mak a beKe 

A markwis, duk, and o' dhat. 
Bet an onest man'z ubuin hiz rait, 
Giid fcth bo nmna fS dhat ! 
For o' dhat, and o' dhat, 

Dhir dignitiz and o' dhat, 
Dhe pith o' sens, an 1 pri ! o* '.vr_rth 
Ar hler ranks dhan o' dhal. 

Dbeu let us pra dhat krra it rail, 

Az krm it wil for o' dhat, 
Dhat sens and wurtb, 6V o' dhe erth 
Mfi beer dhe gre, and o' dhar. 
For o' dhat, and d' dhat, 

"Tiz kr ruing yet for o* dhat. 
When man tu man dhe warld o'r 
Shal hrrdherz be for o' dhat, Robert Bumz, 



WONDERFUL POWERS OF LANGUAGE. 

Komon reeling and rlting — dhat iz, in a wurd, dhe ytns ov lang- 
gwaj az a sistem ov vizibel and odibel slnz ov that — iz dhe grat pre- 
rog-ativ ov our natvur az rashonal beings. When we hav akwlrd a 
masteri ov dhis sistem ov odibel and vizibel slnz. we hav dun dhe 
grates: thing, az it seniz tu me, az far az intelekt iz konsernd, which 
kan be dun bl a rashonal man. It iz so komon dhat we dm not much 
reriekt upon it ; but ilk udher komon things, it hidz a grat misteri ov 
our natvur. 

\Vhen we hav lernd hou. bi giving an impuls widh our vokal 6: _ 
tu dhe a?r, and bl making a ffi blak marks on a pes ov paper, tu estab- 
lish a direkt simpathi betwen our invizibel and spirityual esens and 
dhat ov udher men. so dhat dha kan se and her whot is paging in our 
mlndz just az if that and feting dhemselvx wer vizibel and oiibel — n 
onli so, when in dhe sani wa we establish a koinunikashon betwen 
mind and mind in ajez and kuntriz dhe most rernot. — we hav rot a 
mirakel ov human pouer and skil. -which. I never reriekt upon widhont 
o. Dhe pres, dhe elektrik telegraf. [and Fonograli] ar onli imprnrr- 
mentfi In dhe mod ov komunikashon. Dhe wunderful thing iz, dhat 
dhe misterius signihkans ov thot. dhe invizibel akshon ov spirit, kan 
be embodid in slnz and soundz adrest tu dke I and Or. 

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THE BETTER LAND. 

I her dhS spek ov dhe Beter Land, 
Dhou kolcst its children a hapi band. 
Mudher ! O whaer iz dhat radiant shor r 
Bhal we not sek it and wep no mor ? 
Iz it whaer dhe flouer ov dhe oranj bloz, 
And dhe firfllz dans thrui dhe mertel bouz ? 
Not dhaer, not dhaer, ml child. 

Iz it whjer dhe fedheri pam-trGz riz, 
And dhe dat groz rip under suni sklz ? 
Or midst dhe gren Ilandz ov glitering sez, 
"Whaer fragrant fdrests perfiim dhe brez, 
And stranj brit berdz, on dbar stari wingz, 
Ba3r dhe rich huzov ol glorius thingz? 
Not dhaer, not dhaer, ml cbild. 

Iz it far awa in sum rejon old, 
Whaer dhe riverz wonder 6'r sandz ov gold, 
"Whaer dhe burning raz ov dhe rubi shin, 
And dhe dimond lits up dhe sekret min, 
And dhe perl glemz forth from the koral 9trand,— 
Iz it dhaer, swet mudher — dhat Beter Land ? 
Not dhaer, not dhaer, ml child. 

I hath not sen it, mi jentel boi, 

er hath not herd its dep sdngz ov joi ; 

Dremz kan not piktynr a wurld so frcr, 

Soro and deth ma not enter diner ; 

Tim duz not bredh on its ladles bhum ; 

Far beyond dhe kloudz and beyond dhe hum, 

'Tiz dhaer, 'tiz dha?r, ml child. Mra, Htman*. 

Concluding Advice. — If the pupil has read and copied several timet each page 

of this Reader, he will be prepared to learn the Reporting style, and may com- 
mence the .study of the Second Reader, in accordance with Its directions. The 
use of repeated reading and copying is to familiarize the forms both to the ej 
hand. Until you have mastered the Art, give it some attention t fatfy at leas:. 

avoid long intermissions in your phonographic studies. 
obstacle. PzaSXYERS. 



NOTES AND REFERENCES. 



Prefatory Remarks. — The First Standard-Phonographic Reader 
is designed for reading, after the pupil has studied the Compendium 

from § 1 to § 2-55, in connection with the Heading and the Writing 
Exercises of the Hand-Book. The present Reader is the third of a 
series of phonographic text-hooks which comprises the following 
works — I. The Synopsis of Standard Phonography , presenting the gen- 
eral principles of the art, as a useful preparation for acquiring a 
minute and thorough knowledge of the art, hy the study of— II. 
The Hand-Book of Standard or American Phonography, presenting in a 
scientific form the general principles of Phonography and classifying 
its particulars. III. The First Standard- Phonographic Header, com- 
prising many of the best selections of English literature, beautifully 
stereographed in the Corresponding Style, with occasional illustra- 
tions, with interpaged key, and with notes and references. IV. 
The Second Standard- Phonographic Reader, engraved (on copper) 
in the Reporting Style, and accompanied by a Key, and by 
Notes and References. V. The Standard-Phonographic Dictionary, 
presenting the particulars of Standard Phonography, and being 
an invaluable work for the writer of either the Corresponding or 
the Reporting Style. These works, it is thought, furnish every 
desirable facility for the acquisition of a thoroughly practical know- 
ledge of the useful, entertaining, and refining art of Phonetic Short- 
hand in its best form. They also lay a solid foundation for R 
Phonographic Literature which is being produced in tie very best 
style, in respect of artistic execution ; and which, in respect of in- 
tellectual and moral character, will attract, inform, and imp 
the mind. 

In the following notes and references, please observe — 

1. That the references, unless otherwise specified, are to the Com- 
pendium, Part II. of the Hand-Book. 

2. That the references are to the sections and their Bubdivisi 
unless preceded by p.=page, Two or more references are separated 
by a semicolon ; thus, 48 ; : ^. 

If the student would make sure and rapid progress, let him make 
every Indicated reference to the principles of the Eland-Book, though 
the same reference may have been made a hundred times previously, 



76 FIRST STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC READER. 

This frequent referring will impress the principles indelibly upon the 
memory. 

When the Reader is read in class, the teacher should examine the 
pupils as to the principles involved in the exercise, somewhat as a 
grammar-class would be examined in syntactical principles. 

It is very desirable and useful, with a view to becoming a good pho- 
nographic penman, that portions of the Reader should be repeatedly 
copied by the student. 



Page 1117,4. 2 60;219,1. 3 ' hopes'— 38, 2 ; p. 142, R. 5. 4 < who've' 
-201, R. 4. 6 'in their'— 211. 6 ' season'— 65, b; 66, 3. 
' foretold'— p. 113, R. 9, d. 



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6 1 ' and mine'— 71 ; 246, 2. 2 ' profit' . 3 152, 2, b. 4 ' useful'— 
• p. 142, R. 5. 5 ' can be'— 242 ; 245. 6 ' you will'— 245 ; 244, 
R. 3, (1). 7 ' ordinarily' 8 ' and how'— 71 ; 246, 2. 9 ' it is not the' 
—242 ; 245 ; 70. 10 ' have not'— 245. u ' a pitiful ambition, that of 
the omnivorous reader.' 12 ' and who' — 71 ; 246, 2. 

7 1 'a second-hand.' 2 'being' — a derivative word-sign — p. 142, 
. R. 5. 3 * and be'— 71 ; 246, 2. 4 'I do not— 103 ; 246, 1. 6 ' and 
those'— 71 ; 246, 2. 6 ' and thought'— 71 ; 246, 2. 7 'Haller.' 8 ' two- 
fold.' 9 ' materials'— 209, R. 1. 10 ' for his'— p. 142, R. 7 ; 244, R. 3, 
(5). " ' of his'— p. 142, R. 7. 12 ' a mere.' 13 ' an invaluable'— p. 
142, K. 5. 

n * ' you have'— 245 ; 244, R. 3, (1). 2 ' if they are'— 211 ; 209. 

0. 3 ' of its'— 246, 1. 4 ' will be'— 245. 6 1 upon it'— 245 ; 244, R. 
3, (5). 6 ' for the'— 70. 7 ' has been'— 245. 8 ' so that the'— 245 ; 
244, R. 3, (2). 8 ' to his'— p. 142, R. 7 ; 244, R. 3, (5). 10 'RichterV 
—p. 211, No. 66 ; p. 206, No. 66 ; p. 205, §20, R. 1, c. n< and he 
was.' M ' derived.' M ' without which'— 245 ; 244, R. 3, (5). 

r\ 1 70. a 4 of my'— 242 ; 244, R. 3, (5) ; 245. 9 ' childhood 9 —108- 

". 9;219, 1. 4 219, 1. * 153, 2 ; 53. ' 6 152, 1. 7 53 ; Orth., 3, 1, 

8 124, 2. e ' and every'— 71, 246, 2. 10 ' and the'— 71 ; 245, R. 1 

r-53; 156, R. 1. ' 2 207; 209. »16B, 1. "149, 4. 16 27, 4. i6 201, , 

R. 1. I7 212, R. 2. w 152, 1. w 229, R. 1. 



J FIRST STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC READEB. 77 

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I |/\ l 52. a 64. 8 168; 169, 3. 4 219, 1. § 220, a;226, 1. * 108 ; 
1U. 169, 1, a; 219, 1. 7 153, 2. • 152, 2. '232, B. 3. 10 117. 8. 
! ,J ' my father's'— 244, B. 3, (2). 12 64. This rule requires the primi- 
i live word sigh to be written with Es. Of course, sighs should be writ- 
' ten by merely adding Iss. See Orth. , 6 and 7. 13 37, B. 1. M 229, B. 

1 and 2. " ' inconceivable' — 228, R 11. 16 ' always on-tlie eve and 
on-the morrow'— 229, R. 2, b. " 156, 2. 18 40, R. 2 ; p. 142, K. 6 ; 
178, R. 1. 19 63, b, 1. 20 236, 3, 6. 2I 124, 1. 

U 1 117, 3. a 153, 1. 3 ' by his'— 252, R. 7. 4 240, R. 1. • 'a 
. valuable'— 71 ; 252, 11. 5. • 171, R. 3 ; 236, 4. 7 219, 2. 240, 
1. 9 114. 

^ o J ' useful'-- 40, R. 2. a 213, R. 1 ; 220. 3 ' uncommon'— 252, 
1Z« R. 5, b. 4 ' should be'— 72, 6. ■ 212, R. 6. • < higher'— 102, R. 

2 ; 146, R. 3. 

to > ' creation'— 136. • ' to-night'— 229. 8 < 1 did'— 103. 

lo. 

U J 220, 6, 2; 220, R. 2 ; Orth., 5, R. 1, b. *' whate'erY- 
• The word-sign for what is here used as a prefix-sign. s 148, 3, b f 
and R. 2. 4 4 diseases'— 65, b. 'Part IV-, p. 23, § 31. fl 240, 2. T ' as 
well as'— 244, R. 3, (2). 8 « and they will'— 71. 9 Orth., 6 and 7. 
10 171, a, 2. 



1 K 153 ' 

10. _252, R. 7, a. T ' sail their'— 211. 8 52. , 169,3. "118. -'en- 
cumbered'— 228, R. 1, aandc. 12 218. 13 219, 1. "207, R. 5. M •num- 
berless'— 252, R. 5. 

-j /> > 103. * 117, 3. 8 " against the'— 187, R. 1. a. 4 60. ■ ' in- 
10. suit'— 174, 2. 6 ' as if— 246, 4. T 'for their own — 211 andU. 1. 

1 H » 10:5. 3 ' as well'— 244, R. 3, (6). 

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£ <ugh!'— 51, R. 4. 3 L08. >( as much as'— 241, B 
O. 246. 4 'you can go'— 244, R. 8, (1 and 8). '-10. 1. • • to 
have'— 201, R, 4. 



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78 FIRST STAKDARD-PHOXOGRAPHIC READER. 

-j A '169,3. 2 'didn't'— 217. 3 p. 142, R. 7, a. 4 SI eft is used as 
lt/« the outline for either beluv'ed or beluvd, the same as beloim 

hi the common spelling. 6 103. 6 ' couldst'— 252, R. 5. 7 63, 6, 1. 

8 245. 8 240, 1. 10 219, 1. u ' her' here probably refers to " Celestial 

Love" in the preceding paragraph. 12 53. 13 219, 2. 

r*r\ J G5. 2 G4. 3 236, 3; 244, R. 3, (2). 4 136. 6 103. 6 <cnhis' 

ZU. —252, R. 7, a. 7 217. B 60. 9 ' of my"— 244, R. 3, (5) ; 245. 

10 ' methought'. u 166, b ; 171, 2. I2 156, 2. 13 ' as it is'— 252, R. 7, 

a. u ' and thou wilt.' 15 146, R. 3. 16 ' pure' is written with Pee-Ray, 

in violation of a general rule (152, 2), to distinguish it in unvocalized 

' writing from 'poor' (Pee-Ar). n * want of the self-consuming'— p. 

1 113, R. 14, c. i8 103. 

<j] ' 191, R. 3, b. 2 207, R. 5. 3 ' from which the'— 244, R. 3, (5). 
L It 4 136. 5 217. 6i and are'- 71. 7 ' and sustaining the'— 113. 
8 220, 6, 3. 

rify '59. 2'Saardam.' 3 244, R. 3, (1) ; 245. 4 169, 4. '21 J, 1. 
LL. 6 171, 2. 7 169, 1, e. 8 ' being'— 40, R. 2 ; p. 142, R. 5. ' 156, 
' 2. 10 232, 5. "'assured.' 12 ^19, 2. 

09 "on my'— 244, R. 3, (5) ; 245. 2 p. 142, R. 5. *2\ ), 1; 
Lo* 4 Orth., 7,R. 1. 6 'you will he.' c 156, 2. 7 ■ in my'— 2U, R. 
3, (5) ; 245. 

cyi >244, R. 3, (5). 2 p. 142, R. 7, a. '2,44, R. 3, (2); 245. 
Z~r« 4 ' where's' — 44, 2 ; 148, 3, b, and R. 2, a. 5 'you will hav< \ -een 
the —244, R. 3, (1 and 3) ; 249. 

O ~ » ' I was made a'— 244, R. 3, (1 and 3). 2 149, r. 2. * 244, 
£*)• R. 3, (5). * 1 might he the.' 

' 228, R. 10. 2 103. 3 ' I thank you.' 4 ' and so.' v 156, 
'•2. • ' I can'— 103 ; 245. 7 ' overhauled'— 229 and R. 1. 
8 wanted'— a derivative sign-word— p. 142, R. 5. s El is here used in- 
stead of Day for convenience of vocalization ; Orth. 3, 2. 10 ' she has' 
—p. 142, R. 7, (a). » ' I give you.' 

27 " ' that this is the.' 2 156, R. 1, (b). » 148, R. i. • 4 you 
I . are'— 37, R. 2, (c). 6 ' as if —244, R. 3, (6) ; 246, 4. ' court- 
martial.' ' ' what does it.' 



FIRST STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC HEADER. 79 

OO i 153, 5, a. 2*1 want'— 103. 3 ' and see the'— 71 ; 246, 

OQ i ' does not.' 2 * i n their'— 211. 3 1 materials'— 210, B. 1. 
^«7« 4 212, R. 6. 6 ' love their'— 211. 6 112, B. 1, b. 7 ' and it 

might be.' 8 ' beings'— 40, B. 2. 9 ' Boulevards, 5 Bui'levardz, or as 
a French word, Bra'levar. 10 ' promenading' (see "Webster's Diction- 
ary)— 220 ; 217. n l those who would.' ™ 156, 2. '3 232, R. 3, c. 
14 * which have been'— 201, R. 4. 16 ' from their'— 211. » 136. 
17 ' thus is'— p. 143, R. 7, 6. 

9 A > ' reminded.' Orth. 7, 1. 2 65 ; 66, 2. 3 « companions.' 
v v/« Pee-Nens (not Pen -Ens), because of ' company,' Pce-En. Orth. 
7,1. 

91 *' above the.' See Standard-Phonographic Dictionary under 
^ A« Above. 2 < n their'— 72, 6. s « in my.' 4 ' but of —201, 

R. 4. 6 < and of a'— 201, B. 4. 6 ' I wished.' 7 232, 14. 8 228, R. 

l,e. 

OO 1 ' intrepidity'— 208, b. 2 07, R. 4. 3 ■ entrance'— 208, b. 

QQ l -l66, 1,6; 53. *114, r. 1. 3 * of such a.' •'which 
OO. made.' 6 124, 2 ; 120, R. 2, a. fl ' there was no.' 7 146, EL 
3. 8 ' we were.' 

9 i 1 ' suit' (sut). 4< This is sometimes pronounced as a French 
O i, word, swet; but in all its senses this is the same [as the French 
suite], and the affectation of making it French in one use, and English 
in another, is improper, not to say ridiculous." — Webster's Unabridged 
Dictionary, under Suit, n., No. 4. 2 ' eldest.' 8 286, 8, b. 4 • in 
spite.' * ' cauldron' — 208, b. 6 ' I trod.' 7 ' I will not.' 
sioned.' See Standard-Phonographic Dictionary, under Axcilnt. 
• ■ disasters'— 171, 2. I0 112, R. 1, a. 

OK ll from their'— 211. 2 ' on my.' ■ 2-10, 1. 4 mis* 
d^' 23G, 3. 6 ' unused'— p. 142, R 5, * ' quart. 

OH ll tohavean' — 201. B. 4. 3 ' he has been. 1 '246,1, * ' Baftd,' 
«J • • pronounced said — 96, ahT. a ' Louis' -98, 001, 



£U FIRST STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC READER, 

in comparison' — p. 112, R. 7. 
overpowers' — 229 and R. 1, a. 



OO l ' in comparison' — p. 112, R. 7 a ' thai which has been, 1 

00» 3 1 . 



9 A *' so great.' 2 c an hour.' 3 * interval'— p. 113, R. 10, b. 
«Jt/» * « on your' — 72, b. * ' onward'— p. 144. 6 ' on the other.' 

4 i * ' former' — 164. 2 ' out of — 201, R. 4. * ' in considering 

* •*• the'— p. 112, R. 7. * * that it was very great.' 6 ' that this is 

not the.' 6 ' we have been' — 249. 7 ' Alpha Centauri.' 8 ' of those 

that are.' e ' that are'— 37, R. 2, c. 10 ' that we.' » ' interval'— p. 

113, R. 10, b. 

JO i ' objects'— 142, R. 1. 2 < Lord Rosse.' 3 ■ so many'— 244, 
^« R. 3, (2). 4 ' of those which are.' ' as far as the'— 246, 4. 

8 f might have.' 7 ' on our.' 8 ' stratum,' strat-um (Webster, stra-- 

tiim). 

J 9 1 ' vastness'— 236, 3. 2 ' what do you.' s ' each of —201, R. 
\L"tJ« 4 4 1 s ide -rial.' 6 ' in this manner.' 6 ' should have a.' 

4 4 » ' must have a.' 2 ' on to'— 233, R. 2. 

4 K lt methinks.' 2 ' a spirit.' 3 240, 2. * « high'— 146, R. 3, 

4 /? * ' all my/ 2 ' my own.' 3 ' in its.' 

kH l ' and wanting.' 

r A ■ ' Lyonnet,' Leona*. 2 ' monsieur : mos'ye. * ' Strauss.' 
Jl/i 4 ' tracheae,' tra'kie, pi. of ' trachea. 6 ' one of the most.' 

M l ' lamina?,' lamine, pi. of 'lamina, a thin plate. s ' cad* 
fj±» ( ii s / 3 ; ephenreron.' 

r O 'to himself.' 2 ' as well as the.' * ' intellectual'— 236, 4 
*J**# * * and you have an.' * ■ peripatetic' f ' it must also be.' 
4 and it is as'— p. 142, R. 7. • ' are there'— 211. 



FIRST STANDARD-PHONOGRAPIIJC READER. SI 

JT !> 1 ' f civet opus.' 2 ' every thing ' 3 ' che non arde non incen- 
c '*^» de,' ke non arde, non mchande See Extended Alphabet, p. 
206, 24. 4 ' and patient.' See the Standard-Phonographic Diction- 
ary, under Ancient. 

KA l l as well as.' * 212, R. 4. » ' ak-yurasi.' See Standard- 
*J *• Phonographic Dictionary, under Accurate and Accuracy. 

4 ' of his mind.' 6 ' for the sake,' the being omitted. 6 ' with this.' 

7 ' of every thing.' 



KK * e Ignatius Loyola's,' 
J*J« a.' 3 ' on theother'- 



Igna/shius Lo.yo'la'z. 2 * and acquire 
-136. 4 ' as much.' * ' while theirs' — 
21 I. 6 ' concentration' — 208, 2, b. 7 ' in his own.' 



56. 



1 'that which is.' 3 ' much more' — 164. 3 ' their own.' 
4 ' as much.' * ' modesty' — 216, a. • ' one's-self.' 



£H 1 1 in his own.' 2 ' we do not.' 3 * we must be'— 236, 2. 
v ■ • 4 ' that it is.' B ' unimproved'— p. 142, R, 5. fl * transferred* 
—213, R. 1. 

KO ! ' at once.' 2 ' see there.' 3 ' and in faith.' 4 ■ La Fon- 
dOi taine's' — La F6,tan'z. See the Appendix to the Compendium, | 

§§12 and 13. • 'insofar.' fl ' there should be.' 7< it can do.' 8 < it 7 

can not do.' 



59. 



1 ' our own.' 2 ' in the mind.' 3 ' in their way.' 4 ■ can 
never.' 6 ' this kind.' 6 ' of his own.' 



1 ' if there be' — 209. 2 ' I can.' 3 ' I have never.' 4 ; there 
• is no more.' * ' intellectual' — 236, 4. 

/?i l ' Pestalozzi,' Pastalot'se. ■ ' and feed. 1 s ' so many.' 
Ul« « i w ho are.' • ' of other men.' 6 ' encumber*— 228, B i. c. 

/?0 " ■ of our'— 246, l. a ' when they are'— 21 1. ■ ' oan K 
"^« —215. « ' whatsoever'— 282, 16. 6 ' in your.' fl - much 
nore than'— 164. 7 ' that can'— 217. f ' in their'- 211. ■ ' withal 1 
-2: , >;'». 10 ' it is also to be'— 260, 2, >' ' but of the'— 201, K. 1 
■«« whereas the' p. L42, K. 7. 



82 FIRST STANDARD PHONOGRAPHIC READER. 

CD » 4 Magna Chafta'— 228,10. 2 ' object— 142, R. 1. »' must be 
UJ» made.' 4 ' by men.' * ' ought to be able'— 250, 2. 6 ' Rk li- 
ter'— p. 211, Xo. 66 ; p. 206, § 24, No. 66 ; p. 205, § 20, R. 1, c. 
7 ' out of— 201, R. 4. 

/? J ] ' upon our own.' 2 ' and self-control.' 3 ' must have their* 
"*• —236, 3 ; 211. 4 ' on the contrary'— the being omitted. 6 ' I 
am not only.' 6 « as they'— 246, 4. 7 ' on their part.' 8 ' Pythago- 
ras' s'. 9 ' sensuality.' 

j 

r £ 2 ' one's-self — 232, R. 7. 2 ■ of his own.' s < it is necessary 

j " J» that,' 4 ' as well as his'— p. 142, R. 7, b. 5 ' will-be-regarded 

;' with quite a new interest.' 

j 

1 ' which must be done.' - 'may also be.' 3 ' because 

'• they do not.' 4 * in the world'— the being omitted. * * and 

are.' 

QH l ' in the world.' * ' and expend the.' s ' give you' — 245. 
vM • 4 ' no man.' 6 ' an object.' e ' it is only.' 

/? O " A Prayer in Summer." l * wilt.' * ' per'fumed.' 3 ' up- 
V/0« gushing' — 229 and R. 1, a. 4 ' I can not.' 6 ' I can never.' 

6 ' I know'— 245. 7 ■ I shall.' 8 ■ better than.' 9 ■ that are'— 37, E. 

2, c. 



69." J 



can.' 2 i angels'— 164, R. 1, o. 3 < hear their'— 211. 



■"7 A ■ ' wha [= who] hangs his head and a' that.' o 1 , in the di- 
* v * rection of Bee is used in this extract as a word-sign for the 
Scotch a,' that is, contracted all. a ' daur' = dare. 8 * gowd' = gold. 
4 ' hamely' = humble. * ' gie' = give. ■ Selks' is the Scottish pro- 
nunciation of silks. 6 ' birkie' = ber'ky, a fine fellow. 7 ' ca'd' = 
I called. 8 ' coof ' = fool. 

H~i ] ' aboon' = above. 2 ' guid faith, he maunna fa' that' = 
I I !• < surely, he must not attempt that ;' ( guid"= good — p. 210, 
§ 25, No. 29 ; p. 202, § 7 ; p. 203, § 9, 3. 3 the usual word-sign for of 
is used in this extract for o, the Scottish pronunciation of of. * ' gree' 
= palm, supremacy. 6 ' in a word.' 6 ' we have done the* — 249. 
T ' as-far- is intellect' — 246, 4. 



STANDARD-PHONOGRAPHIC 
AND OTHER WORKS. 

ANDREW J. GRAHAM, 

AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER. 
744 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 



PHONOGRAPHY is a shorthand system of writing according to sound or pronun- 
ciation, rejecting silent letters and ambiguous signs. The original system (Steno- 
graphic Sound-Hand, 1837) was an improvement by Isaac Pitman, of England, on 
the system of Harding (1823, 1828), which .was an improvement on the system of 
Samuel Taylor (1786). 

11 EDITIONS " OF THE OLD PHONOGRAPHY.- The Old Phonography was va- 
riously modified. The different modifications, or systems, called " editions," were 
published— First edition, in 1837 ; Second edition, Jan., 1840 ; Third edition, Dec, 
1840; Fourth edition, 1841 ; Fifth edition, 1842 ; Sixth edition, 1844 ; Seventh 
edition, 1845; Eighth edition, 1847 ; Ninth edition, 1853. This last and best edi- 
tion was made the basis of Standard Phonography. See Odds and Ends for an ac- 
count of the characteristics of these " editions." 




"Standard Phonography is now acknowledged by the most accomplished | 
raphers to be the best system of shorthand writing that has ever been offer* I 
world. lathe Adaptation of its Characters to the sounds of our language, in its 
Legibility, in its Powers of Contraction, in the Rapidity with which It ca 
ten, in the Logical and Convenient \ r ran gemen land Presentation of its Principles, 
ami in its Ease o( Acquisition, it immeasurably surpasses every oi 
hand. — Prof. John B, Holmes, a. M., LL. B, 

11 The only system worth the attempt to learn."— Chas. a. Sum* 

reporter of San Francisco. 

11 Standard Phonography is the most philosophical, rapid, and beautiful 
of shorthand writing ever invented. The system of Phonography 



11 

the result of the labor and study of Andrew J. Graham, by whom Pitman's system was 
used as a basis, while he has made very many alterations, and added many new 
features [new principles, rules, combinations, devices, contractions, and word- 
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IMITATIONS.— See comparisons of them with Standard Phonography In Nos. 
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